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Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK

Native Gold

Piolho claim, Pacaraima, Roraima, Brazil

Native Gold, etc.

Eagle's Nest Mine, Sage Hill, Michigan Bluff Mining District, Placer County, California, USA

Native Gold

Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK

Native Gold

Piolho claim, Pacaraima, Roraima, Brazil

Native Gold, etc.

Eagle's Nest Mine, Sage Hill, Michigan Bluff Mining District, Placer County, California, USA

Native Gold

Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK

Native Gold

Piolho claim, Pacaraima, Roraima, Brazil

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About Native GoldHide

Formula:

As a Commodity:

Gold

Colour:

Rich yellow, paling to whitish-yellow with increasing silver; blue & green in transmitted light (only thinnest folia [gold leaf])

Lustre:

Metallic

Hardness:

2½ - 3

Specific Gravity:

15 - 19.3

Crystal System:

Isometric

Member of:

Copper Group

Name:

Gold is one of the first minerals used by prehistoric cultures. The Latin name for this mineral was "aurum" and Jöns Jakob Berzelius used Au to represent the element when he established the current system of chemical symbols. The Old English word "gold" first appeared in written form about 725 and may further have been derived from "gehl" or "jehl". May be derived from Anglo-Saxon "gold" = yellow. (Known to alchemists as Sol.)

Copper Group. Gold-Silver Series and Gold-Palladium Series.

The name "Native Gold" is preferred here to avoid confusion although the formal IMA name remains simply "gold".

A native element and precious metal, gold has long been prized for its beauty, resistance to chemical attack and workability. As it is found as a native element, has a relatively low melting point (1063 degrees Celsius) and is malleable, it has been used by mankind for thousands of years.

Gold is used as a standard for international currency and is also widely used in jewelry, electronics (where its superb properties as a conductor help offset its tremendous cost), dentistry and in photographic processes.

Gold occurs in significant amounts in three main types of deposits: hydrothermal quartz veins and related deposits in metamorphic and igneous rocks; in volcanic-exhalative sulphide deposits; and in consolidated to unconsolidated placer deposits. It may also occur in contact metamorphic or hypothermal deposits (e.g. Skarns), or epithermal deposits such as volcanic fumaroles. It is most commonly found as disseminated grains in quartz veins with pyrite and other sulphides, or as rounded grains, flakes, or nuggets in placer deposits in recent to ancient stream and river deposits. Gold is often panned from such deposits by taking advantage of its high density to wash away the lighter sediments from a pan or sluice.

Nuggets are almost exclusively hypogene in origin, forming mostly in veins, but can be somewhat modified in form and chemistry by weathering, erosion, and transport (Hough et al., 2007).

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

1720

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:1720:2

IMA Classification of Native GoldHide

IMA status:

Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)

Classification of Native GoldHide

Strunz-mindat (2025):

1.AA.05

1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
A : Metals and Intermetallic Alloys
A : Copper-cupalite family

Dana 7th ed.:

1.1.1.1

Dana 8th ed.:

1.1.1.1

1 : NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
1 : Metals, other than the Platinum Group

Hey's CIM Ref.:

1.5

1 : Elements and Alloys (including the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au)

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Please only use the official IMA–CNMNC symbol. Older variants are listed for historical use only.

Symbol	Source	Reference
Au	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43
Au	The Canadian Mineralogist (2019)	The Canadian Mineralogist (2019) The Canadian Mineralogist list of symbols for rock- and ore-forming minerals (December 30, 2019). download

Physical Properties of Native GoldHide

Lustre:

Metallic

Transparency:

Opaque

Colour:

Rich yellow, paling to whitish-yellow with increasing silver; blue & green in transmitted light (only thinnest folia [gold leaf])

Streak:

Shining yellow

Hardness:

2½ - 3 on Mohs scale

Hardness:

VHN₁₀=30 - 34 kg/mm² - Vickers

Hardness Data:

Measured

Tenacity:

Malleable

Cleavage:

None Observed
None

Fracture:

Hackly

Density:

15 - 19.3 g/cm³ (Measured) 19.309 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Comment:

Calculated density at 0° C. Depends on silver content (pure gold is 19.3).

Optical Data of Native GoldHide

Type:

Isotropic

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R₁ (%)	R₂ (%)
400nm	36.8%	25.8%
420nm	36.8%	25.8%
440nm	36.5%	25.9%
460nm	36.1%	26.0%
470nm	36.0%	26.5%
480nm	36.7%	27.8%
500nm	45.3%	37.9%
520nm	62.5%	55.9%
540nm	74.0%	69.1%
546nm	77.0%	71.5%
560nm	82.2%	77.0%
580nm	86.8%	82.3%
589nm	88.2%	84.1%
600nm	89.7%	85.9%
620nm	91.9%	88.7%
640nm	93.3%	90.3%
650nm	93.8%	91.0%
660nm	94.1%	91.8%
680nm	94.8%	92.5%
700nm	95.3%	93.2%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Peak reflectance is 95.3%.
R₁ shown in black, R₂ shown in red

Colour in reflected light:

Yellow to white with increasing silver, reddish with copper

Internal Reflections:

none

Pleochroism:

Non-pleochroic

Comments:

Reflectivity from Criddle & Stanley (1993)

Chemistry of Native GoldHide

Mindat Formula:

Elements listed:

Au - search for minerals with similar chemistry

CAS Registry number:

7440-57-5

CAS Registry numbers are published by the American Chemical Society

Common Impurities:

Ag,Cu,Pd,Hg,Bi

Crystallography of Native GoldHide

Crystal System:

Isometric

Class (H-M):

m3m (4/m 3 2/m) - Hexoctahedral

Space Group:

Fm3m

Cell Parameters:

a = 4.0786 Å

Unit Cell V:

67.85 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Morphology:

Usually crude to rounded octahedra, cubes, and dodecahedra to 2 cm. Often elongated along [100] or [111] directions, forming herringbone and dendritic twins. Flattened {111} plates with triangular octahedral faces. Rarely as wires ([111] elongation); reticulated; dendritic; arborescent; filiform; spongy; also massive in rounded fragments, flattened grains and scales (gold dust).

Twinning:

Common on (111) to give herringbone twins. Repeated on (111) to give stacks of spinel twins that form hexagonal wires.

Crystallographic forms of Native GoldHide

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Gold no.1 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)

Gold no.3 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)

Gold no.4 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)

Gold no.17 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)

Gold no.46 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)

Gold no.47 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0011140	Native Gold	Wyckoff R W G (1963) Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York Cubic closest packed, ccp, structure Crystal Structures 1 7-83	1963		293
0012935	Native Gold	Jette E R, Foote F (1935) Precision determination of lattice constants Journal of Chemical Physics 3 605-616	1935	synthetic	298
0013108	Native Gold	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	293
0013109	Native Gold	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	574
0013110	Native Gold	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	676
0013111	Native Gold	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	777
0013112	Native Gold	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	875
0013113	Native Gold	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	971
0013114	Native Gold	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	1075
0013115	Native Gold	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	1179
0013116	Native Gold	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	1280
0013117	Native Gold	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	1324
0014943	Native Gold	Owen E A, Yates E L (1933) Precision measurements of crystal parameters Philosophical Magazine 15 472-488	1933	synthetic	291
0015132	Native Gold	Davey W P (1925) Lattice constants of twelve common metals Physical Review 25 753-761	1925	synthetic	293
0015133	Native Gold	Davey W P (1925) Lattice constants of twelve common metals Physical Review 25 753-761	1925	synthetic	293

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X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
2.355 Å	(100)
2.039 Å	(52)
1.230 Å	(36)
1.442 Å	(32)
0.9357 Å	(23)
0.8325 Å	(23)
0.9120 Å	(22)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 3a: Earth’s earliest Hadean crust	>4.50
7 : Ultramafic igneous rocks
8 : Mafic igneous rocks
Stage 3b: Earth’s earliest hydrosphere	>4.45
12 : Hadean hydrothermal subsurface sulfide deposits (see also #33)
Near-surface Processes
26 : Hadean detrital minerals
High-𝑇 alteration and/or metamorphism
33 : Minerals deposited by hydrothermal metal-rich fluids (see also [#12])
Stage 4b: Highly evolved igneous rocks	>3.0
36 : Carbonatites, kimberlites, and related igneous rocks
37 : Layered igneous intrusions and related PGE minerals
Stage 5: Initiation of plate tectonics	<3.5-2.5
38 : Ophiolites
Stage 10a: Neoproterozoic oxygenation/terrestrial biosphere	<0.6
49 : Oxic cellular biomineralization (see also #44)	<0.54

Geological Setting:

1) Primary hydrothermal veins
2) Volcanic-exhalative sulphide deposits
3) Alluvial and eluvial

Synonyms of Native GoldHide

Gold

Qori

Sol

Other Language Names for Native GoldHide

Afrikaans:Goud

Albanian:Ari

Amharic:ወርቅ

Arabic:ذهب

Armenian:Ոսկի

Asturian:Oru

Aymara:Quri

Azeri:Qızıl

Basque:Urre

Belarusian:Золата

Bengali:সোনা

Bishnupriya Manipuri:ঔরো

Bosnian:Zlato

Bulgarian:Злато

Catalan:Or

Cherokee:ᎠᏕᎸ ᏓᎶᏂᎨ

Chuvash:Ылтăн

Corsican:Oru

Croatian:Zlato

Czech:Zlato

Danish:Guld

Dutch:Goud

Erzya:Сырне

Esperanto:Oro

Estonian:Kuld

Farsi/Persian:طلا

Finnish:Kulta

French:Or
Or natif

Friulian:Aur

Galician:Ouro

Gan:金

Georgian:ოქრო

German:Gediegen Gold

Greek:Χρυσός

Guarani:Kuarepotiju

Gujarati:સોનું

Haitian:Lò

Hakka:Kîm

Hebrew:זהב

Hindi:सोना

Hungarian:Arany

Icelandic:Gull

Ido:Oro

Indonesian:Emas

Irish Gaelic:Ór

Italian:Oro
Oro nativo

Japanese:自然金

Javanese:Emas

Kannada:ಚಿನ್ನ

Kapampangan:Gintu

Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):Алтын

Kongo:Wolo

Korean:금

Kurdish (Latin Script):Zêr

Latin:Aurum

Latvian:Zelts

Limburgian:Goud

Lingala:Wólo

Lithuanian:Auksas

Lojban:Solji

Low Saxon/Low German:Native Gold

Luxembourgish:Native Gold

Macedonian:Злато

Malay:Emas

Malayalam:സ്വര്‍ണ്ണം

Manx:Airh

Marathi:सोने

Min Nan:Au

Mongolian:Алт

Nahuatl:Cōztic teōcuitlatl

Norman:Or

Norwegian:Gull

Norwegian (Nynorsk):Gull

Novial:Ore (novial name for gold)

Occitan:Aur

Polish:Złoto

Portuguese:Ouro

Quechua:Quri

Ripuarian:Jold

Romanian:Aur

Russian:Золото

Sanskrit:सुवर्णम्

Scottish Gaelic:Òr

Serbian:Злато

Serbo-Croatian:Zlato

Sicilian:Oru

Simplified Chinese:自然金

Slovak:Zlato

Slovenian:Zlato

Spanish:Oro
Oro nativo

Swahili:Dhahabu

Swedish:Guld
Gediget Guld

Tagalog:Ginto

Tajik (Cyrillic Script):Зар

Tamil:தங்கம்

Telugu:బంగారం

Thai:ทองคำ

Turkish:Altın

Ukrainian:Золото

Urdu:سونا

Uzbek (Latin Script):Oltin

Venetian:Oro

Vietnamese:Vàng

Welsh:Aur

Yiddish:גאלד

Zazaki:Zern

Zhuang:Gim

Zulu:Igolide

Varieties of Native GoldHide

Argentocuproaurite	Two grains found of essentially cuprian electrum
Argentocuproaurite-I	A grain from Noril'sk. Originally reported from Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taimyr Autonomous Region (Taymyrskiy Okrug), Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...
Argentocuproaurite-II	A grain of cuprian electrum from Talnakh deposit, Russia.
Bismuth-bearing Gold	A variety of gold containing several weight percent of bismuth, possibly in solid solution (Palache, Berman & Frondel, 1944). A variety containing 13.5 weight percent of bismuth (on average) has been reported by Shu et al. (2006).
Copper-bearing Gold	A variety of Gold possibly containing Cu in substitution for Au to at least 20%.
Electrum	Gold-Silver Series . High silver-bearing gold is pale yellow, nearly white (Ramdohr, 1969).
Iridian Gold	An iridium-rich variety of gold.
Lead-bearing Gold	A Pb-bearing variety from Polish Cu-bearing Zechstein polymetallic deposits. Mineral from Ariadnenskoe deposit contains 19.73 mass% Pb.
Mercurian Gold	A variety of gold with a Mercury content of up to 15 weight percent.
Nickel-bearing Gold	Natural gold-nickel alloys with Ni contents up to 40 mass%. The colour of such alloys can be silver-white.
Palladium-bearing Gold	A palladium-bearing variety of gold.
Platinum-bearing Gold	A platinum-rich variety of gold.
Porpezite	Gold-Palladium Series . A tan-coloured palladium-bearing variety of gold containing 5-10 wt% Pd.
Pyrrhochrysit	Silver rich gold
Rhodite	A rhodian variety of Gold. Gold containing 34 to 43 weight percent Rh has been reported from Columbia & Mexico, but not confirmed.
Silver- and mercury-bearing Gold	A variety of gold, containing up to 31 weight percent of silver and up to 15 weight percent of mercury. Compare also Unnamed (Ag-Au Amalgam).

Relationship of Native Gold to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Copper Group

Other Members of Copper Group:

Maldonite	Au₂Bi	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
Native Copper	Cu	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
Native Silver	Ag	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m

Forms a series with:

Native Silver	Gold-Silver Series
Native Palladium	Gold-Palladium Series

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

3,034 photos of Native Gold associated with Quartz	SiO₂
293 photos of Native Gold associated with Pyrite	FeS₂
221 photos of Native Gold associated with Famatinite	Cu₃SbS₄
202 photos of Native Gold associated with Bismuthinite	Bi₂S₃
181 photos of Native Gold associated with Galena	PbS
178 photos of Native Gold associated with Calcite	CaCO₃
176 photos of Native Gold associated with Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂
168 photos of Native Gold associated with Arsenopyrite	FeAsS
168 photos of Native Gold associated with Sphalerite	ZnS
133 photos of Native Gold associated with Hessite	Ag₂Te

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

1.AA.	Jonlarsenite	Al₄Cu₉	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3m
1.AA.05	Native Lead	Pb	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
1.AA.05a	Auricupride Subgroup
1.AA.05	Native Nickel	Ni	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
1.AA.05	Native Silver	Ag	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
1.AA.05	UM2004-08-E:AuCuPd	Cu₂PdAu
1.AA.05	UM1991-06-E:AuCu	Au₃Cu
1.AA.05	Native Aluminium	Al	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
1.AA.05	Steinhardtite	Al_0.38Ni_0.32Fe_0.30	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Im3m
1.AA.05	Native Copper	Cu	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
1.AA.05	Copper Group
1.AA.10a	Cuproauride	Cu₃Au
1.AA.10b	Tetra-auricupride	AuCu	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/mmm
1.AA.10a	Auricupride	Cu₃Au	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Pm3m
1.AA.10	Nickel Group
1.AA.15	Anyuiite	AuPb₂	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4/mcm
1.AA.15	Novodneprite	AuPb₃	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2m
1.AA.15	UM1985-02-E:AlZn	(Zn,Cu)Al₂
1.AA.15	Khatyrkite	(Cu,Zn)Al₂	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4/mcm
1.AA.20	Cupalite	(Cu,Zn)Al	Orth.
1.AA.25	Hunchunite	Au₂Pb	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m)
1.AA.30	Stolperite	AlCu	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Pm3m
1.AA.35	Hollisterite	Al₃Fe	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
1.AA.40	Icosahedrite	Al₆₃Cu₂₄Fe₁₃	Icos. 5 3m : Fm 3 5
1.AA.45	Kryachkoite	(Al,Cu)₆(Fe,Cu)	Orth. mm2 : Cmc2₁
1.AA.50	Proxidecagonite	Al₃₄Ni₉Fe₂	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma

Fluorescence of Native GoldHide

In UV light:

none

Other InformationHide

Thermal Behaviour:

Melting Point: 1062.4° ± 0.8°

Notes:

Completely soluble with copper. Insoluble in acids except for aqua regia, with incomplete separation if more than 20% of silver is present.

Reported as spongy alteration pseudomorphs after calaverite (Cripple Creek).

Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

External Links

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Industrial Uses:

Electrical conductor, transparent reflective coating, jewelry, dentistry, coinage, decorative coatings

Native Gold in petrologyHide

An essential component of rock names highlighted in red, an accessory component in rock names highlighted in green.

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References for Native GoldHide

Reference List:

[Problem of gold-bearing conglomerates].

(n.d.)

Wibel (1852) Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein, Hamburg . Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen: 2: 87.

Hatch, F.H. and J.A. Chalmers (1895) The Gold Mines of the Rand. London: Macmillan & Co.

Scupham, J.R. (1898) The Buried Rivers of California as a Source of Gold. Mines and Minerals - November 1898.

Outerbridge Jr., Alexander E. (1899) Marvellous Increase in Production of Gold. AP Popular Science Monthly, March 1899.

Stone, George H. (1900) Gold Placers in Glaciated Regions. Mines and Minerals (June 1900).

Krusch (1903) Zeitschrift für praktische Geologie, Berlin, hale a.S.: 11: 331 (Simpson analysis).

Spencer, Arthur C. (1904) The Geology of the Treadwell Ore Deposits, Douglas Island, Alaska. Transaction of the American Institute of Mining Engineers - October 1904.

Douglass, Earl (1905) Source of the Placer Gold in Alder Gulch, Montana. Mines and Minerals - February 1905.

Evans, Horace F. (1905) The Source of the Fraser River Gold. Mining World - September 2, 1905.

Wilkinson, H.L. (1905) Deep Placer Deposits of Victoria. Engineering and Mining Journal - December 30, 1905.

Hart, T.S. (1906) Victorian Auriferous Occurrences. Australian Mining Standard - July 25, August 1, 1906. Serial. 2 parts.

Nenadkevwitsch (1907) Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Trav. Mus. géol.: 1: 81.

Gregory, John W. (1907) Gold Mining and Gold Production (Cantor Lecture). Journal of the Society of Arts - Sept. 13, 1907. Serial. 1st part.

Tyrrell, J.B. (1907) Concentration of Gold in the Klondike. Economic Geology - June 1907.

Garrison, F. Lynwood (1909) Nature of Mining and Scientific Press - May 29, 1909.

Samojloff (1909) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 46: 286.

Cochrane, N.D. (1910) Geological Features of Fiji. Australian Mining Standard - August 3, 1910.

Day, Sosman (1910) American Journal of Science: 29: 93.

Lincoln, F.C. (1911) Types of Canadian Gold Deposits. Economic Geology: 6: 247.

Thomas, Jr., C.S. (1911) The Bugbear of Gold. Mining and Scientific Press - May 13, 1911.

Chernik (1912) Imperial Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Trav. Mus. géol.: 6: 78.

Lakes, A. (1912) Geology of the Breckenridge Placers. Mines and Minerals - February 1912.

Strukturberichte (1913-1926): 504 (Au-Cu series).

Nenadkevwitsch (1914) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 53: 609.

Ungemach, Henri (1916) Contribution à la Minéralogie de Madagascar. Bulletin de Minéralogie, 39 (1) 5-38 doi:10.3406/bulmi.1916.3635

Goldschmidt, V. (1918) Atlas der Krystallformen. 9 volumes, atlas, and text: Volume 4: 75.

Doelter, C. (1922) Handbuch der Mineral-chemie (in 4 volumes divided into parts): 3 [2]: 187.

McKeehan (1922) Physical Review, a Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics: 20: 424.

Uglow, W.L., Johnston, W.A. (1923) Origin of the Placer Gold of the Barkerville Area, Cariboo District, British Columbia, Canada. Economic Geology: 18(8): 541-561.

Holgersson and Sedström (1924) Annalen der Physik, Halle, Leipzig: 75: 143.

Weiss (1925) Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: 108: 643 (artificial Au-Ag alloys).

Ballard, S.M. (1928) Geology and Ore Deposits of the Rocky Bar Quadrangle. Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology - Pamphlet, no. 26, 41 pp.

Strukturberichte (1928-1932): 615 (Au-Cu series).

Ferraz, L.C. (1929) Compendio dos Mineraes do Brazil en forma Diccionario 645pp., Rio de Janeiro: 326.

Freise, F.W. (1931) Transportation of Gold by Organic Underground Solutions. Economic Geology: 26, 421-431.

Kellogg, A.E. (1931) Origin of Flour Gold in Black Sands. Mining Journal, Phoenix, Arizona: 14(20)(March 15th): 3-4 and 49-50.

Schneiderhöhn, Hans, Ramdohr, Paul (1931) Lehrbuch der Erzmikroskopie Vol. 2. Borntraeger.p.64

Drier, Walker (1933) Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science: 16: 294.

Holloway, H.L. (1933) Alluvial Gold. Mining Magazine: 49(2) (Aug): 82-85.

Lindgren, W. (1933) Mineral Deposits. Fourth edition, 930pp. New York.

Owen, Yates (1933) Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science: 15: 472 (On spectroscopically pure gold).

Treskinsky, S. (1933) Desert Placers. Mining Magazine: 49(4) (Oct 1933): 219-223 [Description of type of placer deposit occurring in Persia].

Vegard, Kloster (1934) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 89: 560.

Bürg, G. (1935) Die sekundaeren Umlagerungen und Anreicherungen des des Goldes in den Goldseifen. Zeitschrift für Praktische Geologie: 43(9) (Sept 1935): 134-139.

Heyerhoff, H.A. (1935) Do Gold Nuggets Grow or Are They Born that Way? Mining and Metallurgy: 16(no. 340, Apr 1935): 195.

Jurriaanse (1935) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 90: 322 (Bi solubility in Au).

Fisher, M.S. (1935) Origins and Composition of Alluvial Gold, With Special Reference to Morobe Goldfield, New Guinea. Institution of Mining and Metallurgy - Bulletin 365, 366, 367, 369 and 370 Feb 1935, 46 p supp plates, (discussion) Mar p. 1-27 Apr p. 23-4, June p. 31-2 and (author's reply) July p. 5-14.

Fisher, M.S. (1936) Origin and Composition of Alluvial Gold, with Special Reference to Morobe Goldfield, New Guinea. Institution of Mining and Metallurgy - Bulletin 378, Mar 1936 p. 27-31.

Crampton, F.A. (1937) Occurrence of Gold in Stream Placers. Mining Journal (Phoenix, Arizona): 20(16): 3-4 and 33-34.

Emmons, W.H. (1937) Gold Deposits of the World. New York: McGraw Hill.

Van Aubel, R. (1937) Sur l'origine de l'or et des pepites alluvionnaires. Chronique des Mines Coloniales: 6(64): 238-262.

Palache, C., Berman, H., and Frondel, C. (1944) The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Seventh edition, Volume I: 89-95.

Hoffman, A. (1947) Free Gold, Story of Canadian Mining Rinehart and Co. New York and Toronto, 420 p.

Gorbunov, E.Z. (1959) K voprosu o dal'nosti perenosa rossypnogo zolota ot korennykh istochnikov. Sovetskaya Geologiya: 2(6) (June 1959): 98-105. Transportation of gold during formation of placers].

Gorbunov, E.Z. (1963) Osobennosti razvitiya gidroseti i voprosy rossypnoi zolotonostnosti na Severo-Vostoke SSSR. Sovetskaya Geologiya n 4 Apr 1963 p 73-84 [Evolution features of hydrographic networks and problems of occurrence of gold, tin, and tungsten placers in northeast of the former Soviet Union].

Sher, S.D. (1965) O sootnoshenii masshtabov korennoi i rossypnoi zolotonosnosti v razlichnykh zolotonosnykh provintsiyakh zemnogo shara. Sovetskaya Geologiya n 3 Mar 1965 p. 3-9 [Relationship between the magnitude of primary gold deposits and gold placers in various gold-bearing provinces of the world].

Hammett, A.B.J. (1966) The History of Gold. Kerrville: Braswell Printing.

Ferguson, S.A. et al (1973) Gold Deposits of Ontario (2 volumes); Ontario Division of Mines Circular 13.

Boyle (1979) The geochemistry of gold and its deposits.

Bache (1982) Les gisements d'or dans le monde.

Criddle, A. J., Stanley, C. J. (1993) Quantitative Data File for Ore Minerals. Springer Netherlands.

Decaluwé, G. (1997) Goud. Nautilus Info, 22(2), 33-46.

Fleet, Michael E., Mumin, A. Hamid (1997) Gold-bearing arsenian pyrite and marcasite and arsenopyrite from Carlin Trend gold deposits and laboratory synthesis. American Mineralogist, 82 (1) 182-193 doi:10.2138/am-1997-1-220

Maddox, L. M., Bancroft, G. Michael, Scaini, M. J., Lorimer, J. W. (1998) Invisible gold: Comparison of Au deposition on pyrite and arsenopyrite. American Mineralogist, 83 (11). 1240-1245 doi:10.2138/am-1998-11-1212

Deksissa, D.J. and Koeberl, C. (2002) Geochemistry and petrography of gold-quartz-tourmaline veins of the Okote area, southern Ethiopia: implications for gold exploration. Mineralogy and Petrology: 75: 101-122.

Extra Lapis (English), No. 5 - Gold (2003).

Morris, Neil (2005) Gold and Silver. Appleseed Editions Ltd, East Sussex.

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(2005) Gold. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Reith, F., Rogers, S.L., McPhail, D.C., and Webb, D. (2006) Biomineralization of Gold: Biofilms on Bacterioform Gold. Science: 313(5784): 233-236.

Hough, R.M., Butt, C.R.M., Reddy, S.M., and Verrall, M. (2007) Gold nuggets: supergene or hypogene? Australian Journal of Earth Sciences: 54: 959-964.

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Hough, R.M., Butt, C.R.M., and Fischer-Bühner, J. (2009) The crystallography, metallography and composition of gold. Elements: 5: 297-302.

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Significant localities for Native GoldHide

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- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Argentina
Tucumán Province Burruyacú Department La Ramada y La Cruz Sierra de La Ramada ⓘ Farallon Blanco Mine	Raúl Jorge Tauber Larry´s collection.Peña (1970)

Australia
Tasmania Kentish municipality Moina - Middlesex District ⓘ Bell Mt goldfield	Bottrill et al. (2008)
ⓘ Stormont mine	Bottrill et al. (2008) +1 other reference

Austria
Salzburg St. Johann im Pongau District Mühlbach am Hochkönig ⓘ Anna adit	Paar et al. (1978) +1 other reference

Canada
British Columbia New Westminster Mining Division Harrison Lake Bear Mountain ⓘ Harrison Gold Mine (RN; Abo; GEO)	British Columbia Ministry of Energy +1 other reference
Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland Baie Verte Peninsula Betts Cove ⓘ Nugget Pond Mine	Swinden et al. (1990)
Ontario Cochrane District Timmins ⓘ McIntyre Mine (Pamour Mine)	Ontario MDI Number: MDI42A06NW00032 +4 other references
Whitney Township ⓘ Pamour #1 Mine (Three Nations Shaft)	Sabina (1974) +1 other reference

Ireland
Connacht Galway County Bohaun ⓘ Benlugmore	Ovoca Gold Exploration reports. +1 other reference
Mayo County Croagh Patrick ⓘ Lecanvey prospect	Wolfe et al. (2008)

Papua New Guinea
Enga Province Mount Hagen Mount Kare Valley ⓘ Porgera Mine	Sorrell (n.d.) +2 other references

Romania
Alba County Zlatna ⓘ Botești	Carles Curto Mila collection
Hunedoara County Băița Trestia ⓘ Trestia Mine

Russia
Chelyabinsk Oblast Miass ⓘ Tsarevo-Aleksandrovskii gold mine (Mariinskii gold mine; Leninskii gold mine)	Ozerskii et al. (1843) +3 other references
Sverdlovsk Oblast Beryozovsky ⓘ Berezovsk deposit	Lehmann et al. (1999) +3 other references

Taiwan
New Taipei City Ruifang District Chinkuashih mine ⓘ Penshan Orebody (Penshan Vein; The Main Vein)	James K.C.Huang Collection +3 other references

UK
England Devon Torbay Torquay ⓘ Hope's Nose	Russell (1929) +4 other references

USA
Alabama Randolph County Pinetucky Mining District ⓘ Pinetucky Mine	Cook et al. (1982)
California Mariposa County Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District Whitlock Mining District Colorado area ⓘ Mockingbird Mine (Talc & Lacy claim)	Rocks & Minerals 83:5 pp 392-401 +2 other references
Colorado Mining District Colorado ⓘ Colorado Mine (Colorado Quartz Mine; Colorado Quartz claim)	Eidahl (1977) +4 other references
Placer County ⓘ Michigan Bluff Mining District (Michigan Bluff Mining deposit)	Rocks & Minerals
Sage Hill ⓘ De Maria Mine (Garbe Mine)	Waring (1917)
ⓘ Eagle's Nest Mine (Mystery Wind Mine)	MinRec.:20 (5)
Colorado Clear Creek County Lamartine Mining District ⓘ Dixie Mine	Speckels (1965) +1 other reference
Eagle County Gilman Mining District (Battle Mountain Mining District; Red Cliff Mining District) Battle Mountain ⓘ Ground Hog Mine	Rocks & Min.:57:61.
Lake County ⓘ Pennsylvania Placer	Eckel et al. (1997)
Moffat County Fourmile Mining District (Timberlake Creek Mining District) ⓘ Dry Gulch	Maneotis: 2009
San Juan County Eureka Mining District Gladstone Bonita Peak ⓘ Sunnyside Mine group	the Book "Colorado Gold" by Allen Bird (ex manager of the mine) +3 other references
Georgia Hall County Gainesville ⓘ Potosi Mine	Rocks & Min.: 64:196.
Nevada Humboldt County Awakening Mining District ⓘ Sleeper mine	[var: Electrum] USGS Bull 2090 +3 other references
Nye County Toquima Range Round Mountain Mining District Round Mountain ⓘ Round Mountain Mine (Sunnyside Mine)	- (2005) +1 other reference
Washoe County Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts) ⓘ Olinghouse Mining District (White Horse Mining District)	Lieberman (1989)
Alta Gold Mine ⓘ 813 pit	[var: Electrum] www.mindat.org (n.d.)
ⓘ Green Hill	R&M 79:1 p44-54
North Carolina Davidson County Carolina Slate Belt Cid Mining District ⓘ Conrad Hill Mine (Dodge Hill Mine)	- (2005)
Washington King County Snoqualmie Mining District Hansen Creek ⓘ ~~Humpback Mountain Slump Zone~~	Eric He's Collection
Kittitas County Swauk Mining District Liberty ⓘ Ace Of Diamonds Mine	Rice Museum

Venezuela
Bolívar Gran Sabana Municipality Icabarú Icabarú River placers (Kilometer 88 District) ⓘ Zapata claims (Zapata Mine)	Steve Smale specimens +1 other reference

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