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Quartz from
Windy Gap, Grand County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Gap
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Windy Gap, Grand County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:490140
Long-form Identifier:1:3:490140:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
7.0km (4.4 miles) ⓘWillow Creek, Grand County, Colorado, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘHot Sulfur Springs, Grand County, Colorado, USA
17.4km (10.8 miles) ⓘRhyolite flow, Grand Lake Mining District (Wolverine Mining District), Grand County, Colorado, USA
19.1km (11.9 miles) ⓘWilliams Fork agate occurrence, Grand County, Colorado, USA
24.9km (15.5 miles) ⓘProspects, Roaring Fork area, Grand County, Colorado, USA
26.3km (16.3 miles) ⓘTroublesome Creek, Middle Park, Grand County, Colorado, USA
29.3km (18.2 miles) ⓘMolly Grove mine, Blue Ridge Mining District, Grand County, Colorado, USA
29.8km (18.5 miles) ⓘWheeler Basin, Grand County, Colorado, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘ4th of July Occurrence, South Arapaho Peak, Arapaho Peaks, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) ⓘMt. Vasquez; St. Louis; Milliken Occurrence, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), Grand County, Colorado, USA
References
Eckel, Edwin Butt; Cobban, Robert R.; Mosburg, Shirley K.; Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
 
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