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Quartz from
Imperial Lode Mine (Desert Queen Mine; Mammoth Chief Mine; Imperial lode; Cave Springs Mining Corporation; Meteor Mine), Sunshine Peak, Lava Beds District (Newberry District), Lava Bed Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Imperial Lode Mine (Desert Queen Mine; Mammoth Chief Mine; Imperial lode; Cave Springs Mining Corporation; Meteor Mine), Sunshine Peak, Lava Beds District (Newberry District), Lava Bed Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1509558
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1509558:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘOld Domain Mine (Old Dominion Mine; Ortega), Sunshine Peak, Lava Beds District (Newberry District), Lava Bed Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed Jasper occurrences [4], Lavic, San Bernardino County, California, USA
17.0km (10.6 miles) ⓘGalway Lake Mine (Unnamed mine), Argos Mountain, Lava Beds District (Newberry District), Lava Bed Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
17.4km (10.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au-Ag mine [97] (Unnamed Gold-Silver occurrence; Gold-Silver occurrence), Emerson Lake, Emerson Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
17.5km (10.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed Jasper occurrence [3], Sleeping Beauty, San Bernardino County, California, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au-Ag occurrence [104], Argos Mountain, Lava Beds District (Newberry District), Lava Bed Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘBig Reef Mines, Lavic, San Bernardino County, California, USA
20.0km (12.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au-Ag-As mine [1], Iron Ridge, Lava Beds District (Newberry District), Lava Bed Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
20.2km (12.6 miles) ⓘLee Yim Mine (Lee Yim deposit; Gallinger-Root Mine; Manganese 1-10 claims; Root Mine; Garringer Mine; Barringer Mine; Lavic Mountain Mine), Ludlow (Stagg), San Bernardino County, California, USA
20.7km (12.8 miles) ⓘWS Prospect, Stedman District (Ludlow; Rochester; Buckeye), Bullion Mts (Bullion Range), San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
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