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Quartz from
Bright Star Mine (Black Cat Mine; Bright Star claim; American claim; July Find claim; Gold Bulger claim; Jacquin claim; Hill Top claim), Rich Gulch, Rich Gulch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, 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 Bright Star Mine (Black Cat Mine; Bright Star claim; American claim; July Find claim; Gold Bulger claim; Jacquin claim; Hill Top claim), Rich Gulch, Rich Gulch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:323556
Long-form Identifier:1:3:323556:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘQuartz Glenn Mine (Quartz Glen Mine; Foote and Thompson Mine; Foote & Thompson Mine), Rich Gulch, Rich Gulch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘOphir Consolidated Mine [2] (Ophir Cons.), Rich Gulch, Rich Gulch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘMellow Days claim, Mokelumne River, Amador County, California, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘMead Mine [2], Rich Gulch, Rich Gulch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘEasy Nights claim, Mokelumne River, Amador County, California, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘHawkins group of claims (Hawkins group; Bunker Hill claim; Bunker Hill Nos. 1 & 2 claims; Altamont claim; Twin Tunnel claim; L.G.M. claim), Rich Gulch, Rich Gulch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘIlex Mine (Anglo-Saxon Mine; Tiger Mine), Rich Gulch, Rich Gulch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘGolden State Mine, Rich Gulch, Rich Gulch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘSparrow Hawk Mine, Rich Gulch, Rich Gulch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘMahala Mine, Glencoe, Railroad Flat Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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