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Quartz from
Polar Star Mine, Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada 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 Polar Star Mine, Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:330400
Long-form Identifier:1:3:330400:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘHome Ticket Mine (Aurora; Chollor claim), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘHidden Treasure Mine, Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘJupiter Lode Mine (Jupiter Gold Mine), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘHudson Bay Quartz Mine (Hudson Bay Qtz; Hudson Bay; Blue Ridge vein), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘTaurus Lode Mine (Taurus Mine), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘLode Star Quartz Mine (Lode Star Qtz; Lode Star), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘFahey Mine, North Star group, Empire Star group (Empire Star Mines Company holdings), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘLamarque Consolidated Mine (Lamarque Con; Kemp), Inkmargue group (Inkerman & Lemargue; Interman claim; Lamargue claim; Kemp claim; White Oak claim), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘGreat Bear Quartz Mine (Great Bear Qtz; Great Bear), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘIrish American Quartz Mine (Irish American Qtz; Irish American Mine), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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