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Quartz from
Black Mountain Mine (Black Mtn.), San Bruno Mountain State and County Park, Daly City, San Mateo 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 Black Mountain Mine (Black Mtn.), San Bruno Mountain State and County Park, Daly City, San Mateo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:332859
Long-form Identifier:1:3:332859:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
5.1km (3.2 miles) South San Francisco Land & Improvement Company Mine, South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) United States Mint site, Duboce Street near Market Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
12.5km (7.8 miles) Fort Point, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
16.8km (10.4 miles) Rodeo Beach, Marin County, California, USA
18.8km (11.7 miles) Dennison Creek Mine (Deniston Peak Mine; Half Moon Bay), El Granada, San Mateo County, California, USA
26.3km (16.3 miles) Spruce Street Thunder Egg locality, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, USA
26.7km (16.6 miles) Unnamed gemstone occurrence [1], Berkeley, Alameda County, California, USA
27.7km (17.2 miles) Ferroaxinite occurrence, Stinson Beach, Marin County, California, USA
28.1km (17.4 miles) East Peak, Mount Tamalpais, Marin County, California, USA
30.8km (19.1 miles) Challenge deposit, Redwood City, San Mateo County, California, USA
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