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Mariposa County Fairgrounds Located at 5007 Fairgrounds Road in California Gold Country, the Mariposa Fairgrounds & Exposition Center is the perfect year-round venue for your event. Amenities include water, electric, and dump stations for RVs, assembly halls, kitchens, showers and restrooms. Beautiful grounds include lawns, shade trees and flowers. For additional information, call 209-966-2432 , email mariposafair@sti.net , or visit mariposafair.com . California State Mining & Mineral Museum Mariposa’s Only State Park On display at the museum is the historic “Fricot Nugget.” The Fricot is not just a gold nugget as the name implies, but is actually a magnificent crystallized gold specimen taken from the Grit mine at Spanish Dry Diggins in El Dorado County in 1865. The Fricot is one of the finest and largest crystallized native gold nuggets found during the gold rush era and is part of the California Mineral Collection housed at the museum.

Museum exhibits include a working model of a stamp mill, exhibits on mining history and how minerals are used today, and the State Mineral Collection started in 1880 as the Official State of California State Mineral Collection. The California State Mining and Mineral Museum Association maintains a gift store inside the museum that displays and sells books, jewelry and quality mineral specimens. Museum Hours: Winter (October 1 - April 30) 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Closed to the public Monday-Wednesday Summer (May 1 - September 30) 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Closed to the public Monday-Wednesday Admission to the museum is $4 for Adults. Children 12 and under are free. The museum is located on the Mariposa County Fairgrounds, 1.8 miles south of Mariposa off historic Highway 49. For additional information, call 209-742-7625 .

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