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Quartz from
Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Whitlockite4
Schorl3
Frondelite3
Beryl3
Fluorapatite3
Muscovite3
Heterosite2
Mitridatite2
Microcline2
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)2
Hydroxylapatite2
Triphylite Group2
Manganese Oxides2
- var Manganese Dendrites1
Jahnsite Subgroup1
Triplite1
Graphic granite1
Tiptopite1
Roscherite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:44211
Long-form Identifier:1:3:44211:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘLincoln Lode Prospect, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘOne Point Lode Occurrence, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘLincoln No. 7 Lode Prospect, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘWhite Mica Lode and White Mica No. 1 Lode Mine, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘMoon Lode Prospect, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘTom Carroll Claim, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘNew York Mine (Westinghouse No. 1 Mine), Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘBig Tom Mine (Kem Lode), Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘHelen Beryl Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘRuberta Mining and Milling Company Mine, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
References
Rocks & Minerals: 60: 117.
Leavens, Peter B., Roberts, Willard L., Dunn, Pete J., Campbell, Thomas J. (1983) Red Montgomeryite and Associated Minerals from the Tip Top Pegmatite [South Dakota] With Notes on Kingsmountite and Calcioferrite. The Mineralogical Record, 14 (3) 195-197
 
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