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Quartz from
Gold Bug Mine, Cat Town, Cat Town Mining District, Mariposa 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 Gold Bug Mine, Cat Town, Cat Town Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:328818
Long-form Identifier:1:3:328818:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘBlack Bart Mine (Cal-Penn Tex group; Cal-Penn Tex claim; Black Bart claim; Worms Turn claim), Cat Town, Cat Town Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘWhite Porphyry group, Cat Town, Cat Town Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘBonanza I Mine, Flyaway group, Buckhorn Peak, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘFortuna Mine (Esperanza; Cube group; Fortuna-Esperansa-Cuba group), Cat Town, Cat Town Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘSouthern Cross Mine, Flyaway group, Buckhorn Peak, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘMountain View II Mine, Buckhorn Peak, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘBig Lode Mine, Flyaway group, Buckhorn Peak, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘSweetwater I Mine (Southern Cross claim; Bonanza claim; Sweetwater claim), Bagby, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘBelces Mine (Belems Mine), Buckhorn Peak, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘAlta Mine, Flyaway group, Buckhorn Peak, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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