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Quartz from
Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA


Locality type:Claim
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrrhotite18
Sanbornite16
Cerchiaraite-(Fe)9
Titantaramellite6
Anandite6
Walstromite4
Gillespite4
Muirite3
Fresnoite3
Opal3
Macdonaldite3
Ferroericssonite3
Tobermorite-11Å2
Bigcreekite2
Pellyite2
Traskite2
Bazirite1
Diopside1
Celsian1
Calcite1
Kampfite1
Gyrolite1
Titanite1
Verplanckite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:47480
Long-form Identifier:1:3:47480:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘEsquire No. 8 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘSnow Cap Mine, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
5.9km (3.7 miles) ⓘForbes Property, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) ⓘEsquire No. 4 claim, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘEsquire No. 1 claim, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
6.7km (4.1 miles) ⓘCole Spring Outcrops, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘEsquire No. 6 claim, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘSilver Tip Claim, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
9.9km (6.2 miles) ⓘKings River Tungsten Mine (Houghton Brothers Mine), Balch Camp, Fresno County, California, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘHarper prospect (Harper claim), Watts Valley, Fresno County, California, USA
References
Walstrom, Robert E. (n.d.) Personal communication.
Newberry, Nancy G., Essene, Eric J., Peacor, and Donald R. (1981) Alforsite, a new member of the apatite group: the barium analogue of chlorapatite. American Mineralogist, 66 (9-10) 1050-1053
Mandarino, Joseph A. (2002) Abstracts of New Mineral Descriptions. The Mineralogical Record, 33 (2) 161-172
 
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