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Quartz from
Laxton Mine, Wheeler Wash, Wheeler Wash Mining District, Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, 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 Laxton Mine, Wheeler Wash, Wheeler Wash Mining District, Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:349918
Long-form Identifier:1:3:349918:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
4.9km (3.0 miles) ⓘLeviathan Mine (Copper Wonder Mine), Diamond Joe Peak, Diamond Joe Mining District, Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘHollingsworth properties (Siamese group), Diamond Joe Mining District, Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) ⓘGolden Comstock Mine, Diamond Joe Mining District, Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘMidway prospect (Midway Tungsten prospect), Boriana Mining District, Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
15.5km (9.6 miles) ⓘBoriana Mines (Tungsten Mine), Boriana Canyon, Boriana Mining District, Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
15.7km (9.8 miles) ⓘBull Canyon, Boriana Mining District, Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
16.3km (10.1 miles) ⓘBull Canyon Mine (Tungstate Mine; Iguana Mine), Bull Canyon, Boriana Mining District, Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
21.8km (13.6 miles) ⓘWilliams Mine (Williams Tungsten Mine; Jewel Tungsten Mine; Wothree Mine), Williams Camp area, Boner Canyon, Aquarius Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
25.0km (15.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Sillimanite occurrence [1], Pine Lake, Maynard Mining District, Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
25.2km (15.6 miles) ⓘMica Giant Mine (Wayne Mica Mine), Dean Peak, Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS file #10027043.
Wilson, E.D. (1941), AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 148: 15
 
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