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Quartz from
South Banner Mine, Lava Cap-Banner-Central group (Central Consolidated; South Banner; North Banner), Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City 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 South Banner Mine, Lava Cap-Banner-Central group (Central Consolidated; South Banner; North Banner), Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:330480
Long-form Identifier:1:3:330480:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘKohinoor Quartz Mine (Kohinoor Qtz; Kohinoor and Harmony; Harmony), Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘUnion Mine (New York), Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘWoodville Gold Quartz Mine (Woodville Gold Qtz; Woodville), Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘHickson Mine, Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘMayflower Mine (Enterprise Mine; Kellogg; Backman/Greenman/Sandoe; Little Wolf/Red Rose/Enterprise; Alaska/Hickson/Nute/Richards; Wisconsin claims), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘButterfly & Big Blue Mine (Butterfly and Big Blue), Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘEmily Lode Mine (Emily), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘBrackett Lode Mine, Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘLava Cap-Banner-Central group (Central Consolidated; South Banner; North Banner), Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘBanner and Central Mine (Central Mine; Lava Cap Mine; Assissi Quartz Mine), Lava Cap-Banner-Central group (Central Consolidated; South Banner; North Banner), Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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