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Quartz from
Yankee Boy Mine, Battleship Butte, Mayer, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Habit:Japan law twins; multiple Japan law twinned crystals.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yankee Boy Mine, Battleship Butte, Mayer, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:197160
Long-form Identifier:1:3:197160:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘMammoth prospect (Big Jim), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
6.0km (3.8 miles) ⓘWar Eagle Mine (William and Mary claim), Goodwin, Turkey Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘMorgan Mine, Pine Creek, Turkey Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘLucky Star prospect, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) ⓘBuster Mine (claims MS 1430), Tuscumbia Mountain, Bradshaw Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘPine Flat Mine, Pine Flat, Turkey Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘMount Union Mine, Mount Union, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
9.9km (6.1 miles) ⓘCrook Mine, Crooks Canyon, Palace Station, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
10.2km (6.3 miles) ⓘTillie Starbuck Mine, Slate Creek Canyon, Mount Tritle, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘWildflower Mine (Anaconda tunnel; Sabronje shoot; Sabronje drift; Patented claims 1232; 1233; 1235; 1236; 4542; 4544; Green Mountain Gen. No. 289 claim), Towers Mountain area, Pine Grove Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Bideaux, Richard A. (1970) A Multiple Japan Law Quartz Twin. The Mineralogical Record, 1 (1) 33
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.348
 
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