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Quartz from
Eastern Star Mine (ASARCO Star claims), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, 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 Eastern Star Mine (ASARCO Star claims), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:307403
Long-form Identifier:1:3:307403:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘSleeping Beauty Mine, Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘElko Prince Mine, Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) ⓘJune Bell Mine (Elko Prince group), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
5.4km (3.4 miles) ⓘRex Mine, Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘLink Mine (Missing Link Mine; Big Chief group), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘSaint Paul Mine (Banner-St. Paul Mine; Banner group), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘMidas Mine (Reco Mine; Big Chief group; King Midas claim; Dixie claim), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘEsmeralda Mine area (Buena Mine; Midas Mining group; Esmeralda claims; Golden fraction Mine), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘJackson Mine (Big Chief group; King Midas claim; Dixie claim), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘKen Snyder Mine (Midas Mine), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
References
Engineering and Mining Journal (1913) July 26 no.5 p237
Econ Geol (2004) 99:1665-1686
Leavitt, E. D., Spell, T. L., Goldstrand, P. M., Arehart, G. B. (2004) Geochronology of the Midas Low-Sulfidation Epithermal Gold-Silver Deposit, Elko County, Nevada. Economic Geology, 99 (8) 1665-1686 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.99.8.1665
 
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