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Quartz from
Sunset Mine, Carbon County, Wyoming, 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 Sunset Mine, Carbon County, Wyoming, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1572568
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1572568:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘGolden Key, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
7.5km (4.6 miles) ⓘKeystone Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘFlorence Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) ⓘDouglas Mine (Morning Star claims 1868 & 1871; Douglas Gold and Copper Company), Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘGold Crater Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘIndependence Mine (Mammoth Mine), Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘBlack Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘCopper Prospect (MRDS - 10254456), Carbon County, Wyoming, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘMoore's Gulch placer (Albany Development Company placer), Albany placers, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
References
Loucks, Robert R. (1976) Platinum-gold-copper mineralization, central Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming. MSc thesis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 298 pages.
 
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