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Quartz from
Coso Mine (Devil's Kitchen; Atlas; Lynch & Lynch; Nicol; Walley-Mickey & Wheeler), Coso Hot Springs deposit, Coso Hot Springs, Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Coso Mine (Devil's Kitchen; Atlas; Lynch & Lynch; Nicol; Walley-Mickey & Wheeler), Coso Hot Springs deposit, Coso Hot Springs, Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:135842
Long-form Identifier:1:3:135842:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Quartz in this Region
Wheeler Area Mine (Coso Mine), Coso Mine (Devil's Kitchen; Atlas; Lynch & Lynch; Nicol; Walley-Mickey & Wheeler), Coso Hot Springs deposit, Coso Hot Springs, Inyo County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘWheeler Area Mine (Coso Mine), Coso Mine (Devil's Kitchen; Atlas; Lynch & Lynch; Nicol; Walley-Mickey & Wheeler), Coso Hot Springs deposit, Coso Hot Springs, Inyo County, California, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘBlue Eagle Mine, Silver Peak, Inyo County, California, USA
14.1km (8.7 miles) ⓘBig Tee Mine (Big T No. 2; Big T. group), Louisiana Butte, Inyo County, California, USA
14.4km (8.9 miles) ⓘFeldman Tungsten Mine (Feldman claim), Little Lake, Rose Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) ⓘBulls Eye and Bulls Eye No. 2 (Red Rock group), Silver Peak, Inyo County, California, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘBlue Rock Mine, Silver Peak, Inyo County, California, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘLucky Red Mine, Louisiana Butte, Inyo County, California, USA
16.0km (9.9 miles) ⓘRed Mexican Mine, Silver Peak, Inyo County, California, USA
16.2km (10.0 miles) ⓘCoso View Mine, Silver Peak, Inyo County, California, USA
16.3km (10.1 miles) ⓘNinety-Eight Quartz Mine and placer, Silver Peak, Inyo County, California, USA
References
www.mineralsocal.org (1999) https://www.mineralsocal.org
 
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