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Quartz from
Pass Prospect, Bristol Bay Mining District, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pass Prospect, Bristol Bay Mining District, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:587234
Long-form Identifier:1:3:587234:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
8.5km (5.3 miles) Kijik River; Thompson Prospect, Bristol Bay Mining District, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
13.5km (8.4 miles) Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - LC033), Bristol Bay Mining District, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
31.8km (19.8 miles) East Takoka Creek Occurrence, Bristol Bay Mining District, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
33.6km (20.9 miles) Kasna Creek; Barnes; Gilt Edge Prospect, Bristol Bay Mining District, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
35.6km (22.1 miles) Kontrashibuna Occurrence (Lake), Bristol Bay Mining District, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
36.5km (22.7 miles) West Gladiator Occurrence, Bristol Bay Mining District, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
36.9km (22.9 miles) Bonanza Hills; Main Saddle Prospect, Bristol Bay Mining District, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
41.7km (25.9 miles) East Gladiator Occurrence, Bristol Bay Mining District, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
42.9km (26.7 miles) Upper Tazimina Occurrence, Bristol Bay Mining District, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
44.4km (27.6 miles) Bonanza Hills; Bonanza Occurrence, Bristol Bay Mining District, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
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