Vote for your favorite mineral in #MinCup26! - Quartz vs. Asagiite
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago Asagiite.
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Silica (commodity) from
Canyon Creek Quarry, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Commodity:Silica (commodity)
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Silica (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Canyon Creek Quarry, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1157563
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1157563:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other deposits of Silica (commodity)
17.5km (10.9 miles) Detton Silica prospect (Si 1-45; Grace & Nell), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) Silica Butte Occurrence, Silver Star Mining District, Madison County, Montana, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) Toll Mountain Occurrence, Little Pipestone Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
34.3km (21.3 miles) Grace Occurrence, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
41.3km (25.7 miles) Ajax Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
53.1km (33.0 miles) Crystal Butte Occurrence, South Boulder Mining District, Madison County, Montana, USA
55.5km (34.5 miles) Little Bill Placer Claim, Sapphire Mountains Area, Granite County, Montana, USA
56.8km (35.3 miles) Horse Creek Quartz Diorite Pegmatite Occurrence, Sheridan Mining District (Mill Creek Mining District; Wisconsin Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
58.1km (36.1 miles) Luke Quarry, Blue Eyed Nellie Mining District, Deer Lodge County, Montana, USA
58.4km (36.3 miles) Blue Eyed Nellie Creek Quarry, Blue Eyed Nellie Mining District, Deer Lodge County, Montana, USA
 
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