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Baryte from
Quail Hill Mine (Eagle Mine; Eagle Copper and Silver Mine), Telegraph City, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Comments:Principal gangue mineral here. Granular masses reported in the early literature.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Quail Hill Mine (Eagle Mine; Eagle Copper and Silver Mine), Telegraph City, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:324654
Long-form Identifier:1:3:324654:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘNapoleon Mine (Nepolean Mine), Telegraph City, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘStar & Excelsior Mine (Star Mine; Excelsior Mine), Telegraph City, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘBig Seven Mine, Copperopolis, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
21.7km (13.5 miles) ⓘUnknown Baryte occurrence [1], Carson Hill, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
32.0km (19.9 miles) ⓘPenn Mine (Happy Jack; West Constellation; Satellite; Big Satellite; Hinkcley; Blue Jay; Meteor; Hecla; Little Satellite; Copper Hill; Penn Chemical Works; Campo Seco), Campo Seco, Campo Seco Mining District, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
37.1km (23.1 miles) ⓘCollier Mine (Blood Mine; Sandwich Mine), Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
55.0km (34.2 miles) ⓘFitch Mine, Webb Station, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
55.2km (34.3 miles) ⓘAkoz Mine (Asposozien Mine; B.A.B. Mine; Radium Mine), Webb Station, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
57.4km (35.7 miles) ⓘClavey River deposit, Duckwall Mountain, Tuolumne County, California, USA
60.8km (37.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed Barite occurrence (1), Merced Falls, Merced County, California, USA
References
Silliman, Benjamin, Jr. (1867a), A notice of the peculiar mode of the occurrence of gold and silver in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, and especially at Whiskey Hill, in Placer County, and Quail Hill, in Calaveras County, California: California Academy of Natural Sciences Proceedings: 3: 351
Clark, William B., Lydon, Philip A. (1963) Mines and Mineral Resources of Calaveras County, California. County Report 2. California Division of Mines and Geology pp.31-32
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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