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Quartz from
Frank Free Canyon (Lower Olinghouse placer), Olinghouse Mining District (White Horse Mining District), Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts), Washoe County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Canyon
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Frank Free Canyon (Lower Olinghouse placer), Olinghouse Mining District (White Horse Mining District), Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts), Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:569899
Long-form Identifier:1:3:569899:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘBuster Mine, Olinghouse Mining District (White Horse Mining District), Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts), Washoe County, Nevada, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘTiger Mines, Tiger Canyon, Olinghouse Mining District (White Horse Mining District), Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts), Washoe County, Nevada, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘGold Center Mine, Green Hill, Olinghouse Mining District (White Horse Mining District), Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts), Washoe County, Nevada, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘGreen Hill, Olinghouse Mining District (White Horse Mining District), Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts), Washoe County, Nevada, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘ813 pit, Alta Gold Mine, Olinghouse Mining District (White Horse Mining District), Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts), Washoe County, Nevada, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘOlinghouse Mine, Olinghouse Mining District (White Horse Mining District), Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts), Washoe County, Nevada, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘKeystone Nevada Mine workings, Olinghouse Mining District (White Horse Mining District), Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts), Washoe County, Nevada, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘRenegade Mine, Green Hill, Olinghouse Mining District (White Horse Mining District), Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts), Washoe County, Nevada, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘWadsworth, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘSecret Canyon prospect, Olinghouse Mining District (White Horse Mining District), Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts), Washoe County, Nevada, USA
References
Econ Geol (1994) 89:1614-1622
 
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