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Quartz from
West Ore Bank Manganese, Unicoi County, Tennessee, USA


Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Psilomelane1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view West Ore Bank Manganese, Unicoi County, Tennessee, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:738281
Long-form Identifier:1:3:738281:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘWest Baptist Hollow Manganese Mine, Unicoi County, Tennessee, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘEast Baptist Hollow Manganese Mine, Unicoi County, Tennessee, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘRock Quarry Hollow Manganese Mine, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘSugar Hollow and No. 10 Iron Mine, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
11.2km (6.9 miles) ⓘChandler Barite Mine, Flag Pond, Unicoi County, Tennessee, USA
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘBritt Mine, Unicoi Mining District, Unicoi County, Tennessee, USA
24.6km (15.3 miles) ⓘGray Fossil site, Gray, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
28.6km (17.7 miles) ⓘThornburg Barite Mine, Fall Branch-Greeneville Mining District, Greene County, Tennessee, USA
28.7km (17.8 miles) ⓘPeterson Mine, Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
29.4km (18.3 miles) ⓘBailey and Johnson Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
References
Paris, Travis A. (2011) Tennessee Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 86 (4) 300-329 doi:10.1080/00357529.2010.517132
 
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