Western Americana Signature Sale (May 2021 Auction)

The Hishikari Gold Mine near the southern tip of Japan is a world-class gold deposit with an average grade of 40 grams per ton. In 2008 it was the onl

The Hishikari Gold Mine near the southern tip of Japan is a world-class gold deposit with an average grade of 40 grams per ton. In 2008 it was the onl

The Hishikari Gold Mine near the southern tip of Japan is a world-class gold deposit with an average grade of 40 grams per ton. In 2008 it was the onl

The Hishikari Gold Mine near the southern tip of Japan is a world-class gold deposit with an average grade of 40 grams per ton. In 2008 it was the onl

The Hishikari Gold Mine near the southern tip of Japan is a world-class gold deposit with an average grade of 40 grams per ton. In 2008 it was the onl

The Hishikari Gold Mine near the southern tip of Japan is a world-class gold deposit with an average grade of 40 grams per ton. In 2008 it was the onl

Eleven pieces of varying size, of high-grade gold ore from the Hishikari Gold Mine in southern Japan. See other listings of Hishikari specimens for d

A large sample of silica flux ore that has gold content of 0.09 oz/ton. This material could be used in the smelting of precious metal ores to help rem

This specimen of high-grade, gold-silver ore comes from the underground Pinos Altos Mine in the mountains of west-central Chihuahua, Mexico. The handw

An unusually greenish-blue aquamarine crystal cluster on feldspar matrix from Erongo Mountain, Namibia. Typically the aquamarine found in the many gem

Nice hand specimen from the Rosita Copper Mine in Nicaragua of malachite with minor azurite, some in botryoidal form. Total weight is about 284 grams.

A cluster of vibrant-green, octahedral fluorite crystals in superb condition from a surface deposit located 3 km north of the village of Riemvasmaak.

Truly spectacular split drill core from the immense Ray Copper Mine in Pinal County, Arizona. The label says the core came from 1,100 feet below the p

Three specimens of native copper from the Ray Mine in Pinal County, Arizona. There used to be a town of Ray, Arizona, but it got mined away as the ope

Small specimen of silver-bearing copper ore, 2 x 0 6 x 0.5 inches, with probably a silver sulfide such as argentite (Ag2S) or acanthite (AgS2). Found

Bag of about 35 specimens (all 2 x 2" or so), many with cut surfaces. The very best of these rocks were hand picked and sold last year by us. ...

Two specimens of high-grade gold ore, thought to be from the Primrose Mine in Sierra County, California, near Sierra City. Obvious visible gold in whi

The Primrose Mine is about 3.5 miles northwest of Sierra City, California, in the Plumas National Forest. It was a very small producer from two veins

Two slabs of high-grade gold ore from the Sunnyside Mine located in Eureka Gulch north of Silverton, Colorado. This is the mine made famous by the col

Three large hand samples and three small pieces of gold-silver ore from the Ajax Mine, on the northern edge of Victor, Colorado, in the Cripple Creek

Specimen is 2 x 0.5 x 1 inches. Estimated to contain nearly 1 ounce of gold. Gold shows across all four sides. Total weight is 67.2 grams State: G

Pyrite Sun (a.k.a. Pyrite Dollar, Sun Dollar, Marcasite Sun) on black shale, broken in half right through the middle. Needs repair, or mounted as a un

Heavy slab of copper-bearing "Sandstone Ore" from the White Pine Mine in Ontonagan County, Michigan on the west end of the Keweenaw Penins...

Two specimens of native copper with black shale matrix. One is a slab of dense, black shale with feathery bits of bright orange native copper through

Lot of 3. All are from the Buick Mine of Iron County, Missouri. 1 & 2) Two specimens of Galena. Smaller is 1.5 x 1 x 1.5". Larger is 1x 2.2...

Beautiful display piece of high-grade lead ore labeled OZARK, so likely from the Old Lead Belt region of Missouri near Fredericktown, Missouri. Weighs

Group of calcite (Calcium Carbonate) specimens, in varying crystal forms, all from Mississippi Valley Type deposits, probably from the Southeast Misso

An eight-pound block of silvery-gray crystalline galena, a lead sulfate, with small crystals of yellowish pyrite, an iron sulfide, from the Lead Belt

Three small pieces of high-grade gold ore identified by the collector as from the Big Four Mine, Nevada. This could be either the Big Four Mine near B

High-grade silver ore specimen, approx 301 grams, from the Bryan Mine in Lander County, Nevada, located just north of the open-pit workings of the New

Ellendale is a present-day ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, about 30 miles east of Tohopah. From discovery in 1909 by 29-year-old Ellen Nay, the mine

Beautiful gold on quartz specimen from the Monarch Mine near Gardnerville in northwestern Nevada. The gold is approx 1/2 x 1/4 inch centered in a piec

Spectacular, naturally dark, smoky quartz from the Incline Village pegmatite, mined in the early 1970s by Reno mineral dealer Harvey Gordon. The cryst

First production of the Manhattan Gold Mine is listed as 1868, and operations started and stopped numerous times up to 1990. The site has been reclaim

The Manhattan Mining District was discovered in the 1860s. The Nellie Gray Mine was a small producer near the center of the district. This piece of hi

Spectacular native copper specimen, museum size and grade, from the Rio Tinto Mine. 11" x 22", about seven pounds. The Mountain City Copp...

Small sample of high-grade gold ore, approx 1.75 x 1 x 1 inches, weighs about 39.2 grams. Visible gold on the surface with some malachite staining on

Small gold nugget from Osceola, a placer gold camp east of Ely, collected by J. Miles in the 1920s. 5.1 grams. Date: Country (if not USA): State:

Group of about 31 nuggets, weighing 26.0 grams, from the J. Miles Collection of Ely, Nevada, collected in the 1920s. Osceola is a placer gold camp in

High-grade gold ore sample from Rawhide, Nevada, which no longer exists after the development of the Kennecott Rawhide-Denton open-pit mine in the 199

Large specimen of copper oxide minerals, mostly malachite and chrysocolla surrounding a sizable blob of dark gray chalcocite (Cu2S). This would be hig

Five pieces of gold ore from the Fairview Mine in the Round Mountain Mining District of Nye County, Nevada. One piece has 1/4-inch feathers of gold gr

Deep reddish garnets (var. Almandine based on published Fe:Mn ratios in the range of 2.5:1) in flow-banded rhyolite matrix, likely to be from the Robi

Two pieces of mostly chrysocolla (a copper silicate mineral) with occurrences of azurite, malachite. One is labeled KCC / NEVADA / TRIPP-VETERAN PIT /

Beautiful piece of shiny native copper encrusted with green malachite oxidation and a white mineral, probably calcite. Approx. size is 5 x 6 x 2.5 inc

Large specimen of native copper, thought to be from the Chino Mine a.k.a. Santa Rita del Cobre Mine near Santa Rita, New Mexico. Approx 10 x 5.5 x 1 i

Another large piece of native copper, believed to be from the Chino Mine near Santa Rita, New Mexico. Size is approx. 6 x 5 x 2 inches, and it weighs

Massive piece of native copper thought to be from the Chino Mine, otherwise known as the Santa Rita Mine or Santa Rita del Cobre, near Santa Rita, New

Two large leaves of native copper, a rock with a seam of chalcopyrite/bornite, and five pieces of iron pyrite -- all attributed to the Chino Mine near

Four hefty pieces of high-grade copper ore, primarily brassy chalcopyrite and purple-red bornite, from the Chino Mine near Silver City, New Mexico. On