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Quartz from
Battle Creek Mine (Noonday Mine; High Ore Mine; Bowring Mine; Friday Mine; Crescent Mine; Ruby Valley Mine; Galenite claims; Battle Creek group; BC claims), Ruby Valley Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sphalerite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Battle Creek Mine (Noonday Mine; High Ore Mine; Bowring Mine; Friday Mine; Crescent Mine; Ruby Valley Mine; Galenite claims; Battle Creek group; BC claims), Ruby Valley Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:196336
Long-form Identifier:1:3:196336:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘCopper King mine, Ruby Valley Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘFawn Creek prospect, Ruby Valley Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘAmerican Beauty Mine (Kanau Mine; Sloepoke Mine), Lee Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘKnob Hill mine (Long Canyon Mine; L. C. claims), Lee Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
12.6km (7.8 miles) ⓘValley View mine (Owl claim; Hankins property), Road Canyon area, Valley View Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
12.8km (8.0 miles) ⓘErrington-Thiel mica mine (Big Mica Mine; Holiday?), Valley View Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘMica mine (Mick mine; Locality K2), Valley View Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
13.6km (8.5 miles) ⓘDawley Canyon area, Valley View Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
18.2km (11.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Beryl prospect (MRDS10045568), Gilbert Canyon Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) ⓘStar Tungsten Mine (Star Mine; Ogilvie Mine; Harrison Pass Mine), Harrison Pass Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
References
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open-File Report 98-338 chapter 11
USGS Open-File Report 76-56
LaPointe, Daphne D., Tingley, Joseph V., Jones, Richard B. (199) Mineral resources of Elko County, Nevada. Bulletin 106. Nevada Bureau of Mines
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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