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Quartz from
Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine (Alum Creek prospect), Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA


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Quartz, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cookeite48
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine (Alum Creek prospect), Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:48565
Long-form Identifier:1:3:48565:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘBarber Mine (H. L. Barber Mine), Paron, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed Ruthenium locality, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
10.7km (6.7 miles) ⓘWallis Mine (Wallis Soapstone pit), Salem, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘParon, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘInman Mine (Inman Soapstone prospect), Salem, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
13.9km (8.7 miles) ⓘArkansas Talc Co. Mine (Warner Mine; Duke Warner Mine), Salem, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
15.4km (9.5 miles) ⓘMarler Mine, Owensville, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘFairchild Mine, Paron, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
16.0km (9.9 miles) ⓘWillis Mine (Rickards Mine), Paron, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) ⓘLake Sylvia Mine, Lake Winona, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
References
Rocks & Min.:63:122 & 61:346.
Wilson, Wendell E. (1986) What's New in Minerals? - Arkansas Cookeite. The Mineralogical Record, 17 (2) 151
Smith, Arthur E. Jr. (1997) Collecting Arkansas Minerals. L. R. Ream Publishing, Coeur d'Alene, ID.
 
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