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Quartz from
Hardshell Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyromorphite6
Descloizite4
Hematite2
Pyrolusite2
Mimetite1
Limonite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hardshell Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:68101
Long-form Identifier:1:3:68101:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.6km (0.3 miles) Salvador Mine (Salvadore Mine; San Salvador Mine), Hermosa group, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Trench Mine, Trench and Josephine Mine group (Josephine Mines; Trench group of claims; Lunch Cans prospect), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) Blue Nose Mine (Abe Lincoln Mine; War Horse Mine; Big Chief Mine; Big Jim Mine; Blue Nose Extension Mine; Home Again Virginia Hay claims), Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Roy Mine, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
5.1km (3.1 miles) Flux Mine, Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) Red Mountain, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) Virginia 1 and 2 claims, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
7.0km (4.4 miles) Four Metals Mine, Red Hill, Providencia Canyon, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
7.3km (4.5 miles) Proto Mine (Proto group; Proto Brothers claim), Gladstone Mine group (Gladstone prospect; Gladstone-Proto group; Proto Mine group), Providencia Canyon, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
7.3km (4.5 miles) Native Silver Mine (Native Silver prospect; Silver Moon Mine; Brown Mine), Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
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