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Chalcedony from
Spanish Mine [1] (Central Consolidated Mine; Central Cons.; Spanish & Humbug Cons. claims; Humbug Mine; Spanish vein), Ophir, Ophir Mining District (Auburn Mining District; Duncan Hill Mining District), Placer County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Comments:Fine geodal masses.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Spanish Mine [1] (Central Consolidated Mine; Central Cons.; Spanish & Humbug Cons. claims; Humbug Mine; Spanish vein), Ophir, Ophir Mining District (Auburn Mining District; Duncan Hill Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:680119
Long-form Identifier:1:3:680119:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony
1.4km (0.9 miles) Ophir Mining District (Auburn Mining District; Duncan Hill Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
31.3km (19.4 miles) Allison Ranch Quartz Mine (Allison Ranch Mine; Allison Ranch vein; Allison Ranch Qtz.; Crossus Consolidated Mine; Stanton Mine), La Barr Meadows, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
34.4km (21.4 miles) Pennsylvania Mine [1] (Pennsylvania Consolidated Qtz; Pennsylvania-W.Y.O.D.; Pennsylvania vein; Pennsylvania-Wyod; Wyod), Empire Star group (Empire Star Mines Company holdings), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
35.0km (21.8 miles) Golden Center Mine (Garage vein; Sleep vein; Church Hill vein), Golden Center group (Cabin Flat Mine; Rock Roche Mine; Dromedary Mine; Scotia Mine; Peabody Mine; Garage/Dromedary/Berriman/Peabody), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
53.0km (32.9 miles) Chrysoprase and Moss Opal deposits, River Pines, Fiddletown Mining District (Oleta Mining District), Amador County, California, USA
65.0km (40.4 miles) Custer prospect (Dooley prospect; Custer Dooley prospect), Sunnybrook, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
65.5km (40.7 miles) Roye-Sum Mine, Mack House, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
66.9km (41.5 miles) Volcano, Volcano Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
67.0km (41.6 miles) 16 to 1 Mine (Sixteen-to-One Mine; Original Sixteen-to-One Mine), Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
67.1km (41.7 miles) Diamond placer occurrence MRDS No. 10028324, Volcano, Volcano Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
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