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Quartz from
Crown Point Mine (Buckeye; Garfield properties; Old Mexican and Black McGann), Soapstone Hill, Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry 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 Crown Point Mine (Buckeye; Garfield properties; Old Mexican and Black McGann), Soapstone Hill, Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:323733
Long-form Identifier:1:3:323733:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘBeatrice claim (Mayflower), Soapstone Hill, Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘGarfield Mine, Soapstone Hill, Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au Mines [7], Soapstone Hill, Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘTreasure Vault Mine, Soapstone Hill, Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘMitchler group, Soapstone Hill, Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘLast Chance and Great Divide Mine (Last Chance claim; Great Divide claim), Soapstone Hill, Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘSingle Standard Mine, Soapstone Hill, Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘFair Play Mine, Soapstone Hill, Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘDragone Mine (Dragone lode; Arizona), Soapstone Hill, Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘEureka Mine [1], Soapstone Hill, Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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