Western Americana Signature Sale (May 2021 Auction)

Large museum quality specimen of the much treasured gemstone Lapis Lazuli from Afganistan. 6"x 9.5" banded and solid blue with pyrite. Por...

These are two acrylic embedments that not only contain ore specimens from the Pueblo Viejo Gold Mine in the Dominican Republic, but encapsulate a bit

16.2 troy ounces of silver splash that landed on one level, flowed down a 3-inch step and puddled there. It comes from the El Mochito Mine in Honduras

This lot has two pieces of silver splash, that is, molten silver that sloshed out of the furnace crucible and landed on the floor of the mine's ...

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

Copper oxide minerals are known for their rich green colors, and this 8.6 pound rock is covered with a blend of chrysocolla, malachite, and possible o

Basalt lava volcanoes can erupt with great force and fling large blobs of molten rock thousands of feet into the air. These can be launched so high th

The Kennecott Bingham Canyon west of Salt Lake City, Utah, boasts about being the deepest open pit copper mine in the world, and here are three slabs

Here are four large pieces of high-grade ore material from the Ophir Hill Mining District in Tooele County, Utah. the largest is aoub 13.5 inches long

This is a ten-pound collection of colorful pyrite specimens ranging from brassy yellow to shiny orange, possibly chalcopyrite. Specimen sizes vary fro

This piece of high-grade gold ore comes from the Buckhorn Mountain Mine in north-central Washington state, just south of the U.S. border with Canada.

Impressive nugget of gold metal and white quartz believed by the consignor to have been collected by his father who worked at the Knob Hill Gold Mine

The Cannon Mine occupied approx 5,000 acres southwest of Wenatchee, Washington. Gold production began as early as 1894 but operations ran in fits and

This specimen is a 503-gram slab from a high-grade portion of the Cannon Mine showing the characteristic banded structure with visible gold and electr

This specimen is a 448-gram slab from a high-grade portion of the Cannon Mine showing the characteristic banded structure with visible gold and electr

This specimen is a 725-gram slab from a high-grade portion of the Cannon Mine showing the characteristic banded structure with visible gold and electr

This specimen is a 561-gram slab from a high-grade portion of the Cannon Mine showing the characteristic banded structure with visible gold and electr

Small box with eight specimens of free gold in quartz from the George Allen estate out of McGill. Probably from eastern Nevada or western Utah, these

Three chunks, one large and two small, of a gold/silver ore from an unknown locality. Silver is in the dark grey minerals (possibly argentite or acant

Four high-grade ore specimens: GOLD-SILVER ORE with argentiferous galena, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite, from the Camp Bird Mine, Sneffels District, Ou

Slab of high-grade ore resembling Hishikari specimens from this consignor, but this one is unlabeled. Shows a definite band of visible gold near the e

Spectacular banded gold in quartz matrix, approx. 2 x 2 x 0.75 inches, weighing about 68.6 grams. This is a beautiful specimen that could be displayed

This cut and polished specimen of malachite exhibits the beautiful concentric swirls and variations in the rich green color that make this copper carb

About ten mineral specimens of mostly unknown localities including Large single-crystal rhomb of Calcite, calcium carbonate, (~8 x 6 x 3 inches, 9 po

A group of beautiful display specimens includes Amethyst, a purple variety of quartz (~9 x 3 x 3.5 inches, ~1.8 pounds); a beautiful pale-blue Celesti

A dozen specimens from unknown locations of Iron Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, and Calcite. Might even be some Sphalerite and Bornite in there. Specim

Ulexite is a naturally occurring borate mineral that forms in evaporite deposits such as dry lake beds in the Western US, the Atlantic Provinces of Ca

3.5-inch drill core of solid halite (NaCl) that is 8.5 inches long (~1.27 kilograms), and a single crystal of halite that is 3.5 x 2.75 x 1.75 inches

Four bookends made from 3.5-inch diameter drill cores in four different rock types, cut flat on one side with felt attached to the bottoms. Utterly on

Geologist Ferdinand Hayden first recorded his discovery of Fulford Cave in 1874. Located 15 miles southeast of Eagle, Colorado, the cave is within the

A petrified turtle shell fossil from the Green River area of Wyoming. This very impressive specimen measures 5"x 4" and is about 1" h...

From the classic Green River Formation near Kemmerer in western Wyoming, comes this artfully prepared Asineops fish fossil. The fish is about 6.25 inc

This is 7.5"x 11" piece of black shale contains the fossil imprint of a Keichousaurus, a marine reptile from the Triassic/Jurassic perio...

Four polished ammonite fossils, all from the goniatitida order as determined by the smooth, undulating form of the suture patterns between the septa (

Four trilobite fossils in matrix, unknown location, all approx. 3.5 to 4 inches across, similar in appearance to specimens attributed to Morocco. This

Impressive run of the Transvaal Chamber of Mines Reports from 1912 to 1960. Missing only 1924, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939. These volumes are

Lot of 7. Includes: 1) Two nutcracker ornaments (5.5") with mining picks on helmets. 2) Two figures to hold candles, one with mining picks on h...

B/W photo titled “Washing Gold” Vancouver, B.C. The Philadelphia Museum in lower right. of miner (possibly on the Fraser River) us

Nice pictorial letterhead showing a dredger from this mining company that operated in Yukon Territory. Letter regarding an investment in the company...

This is sheet 3 map of the Yukon District in the North West Territory 1898, scale is 506, drawn by J. McEvoy. Highlighting White Horse township. Geol

Mining may have started at El Teniente (The Lieutenant) in the early 1800s, and over two centuries has involved the Guggenheims and Kennecott Copper C

Thirty-six brass tags, all but three marked from the Rosario Mine near Sinaloa, Mexico. 28 octagonal brass tags, 1.5 x 1.5 inches, labeled ROSARIO MIN

This is a collection of items related to the Alaska-Gastineau Mining Co., which operated a gold mining and milling operation on the outskirts of Junea

(Data Provided by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) 1) Kennecott Copper Mill & Leaching Plant, Vol. I, provides exterior detail i...

Five maps. Original pen and ink Mantanuska Coal Mining & Dev. Co. map, 1908, Chas S. Hubbell, about 20 x 30"; Sketch Map of Mantanuska Co...

These two maps depict the mining area of Fair Haven in Kozebue Sound, Alaska; and the second map is of Coal Mountain to Skagit River. Drawn by R. B Sy

Yard long photo titled, "Partial First Aid Class, Old Dominion Co., Globe, Arizona, June 30, 1930" shows a group of miners in front of the...

Round brass tag, 38 mm, holed. Stamped: I. C. C. Co. / 2532. Original architects of the Inspiration Mine included Henry Krumb, W. B. Thompson and Lou

Early deed for a claim in the Lynx Creek Mining District. There were smaller operations in 1885 in the area, that was first discovered in 1863 by a pa

This lot has several issues of the Bodie Miner newspaper from 1881, 1882, 1909. There is an issue of the Bodie Standard newspaper as well dated 1878.

The Kennedy and Argonaut Mines in Jackson, California, were producers of gold from great depths of the Mother Lode. Both mines were recovering ore fro