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Quartz from
Pooninidie Quarry, North Shields, District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pooninidie Quarry, North Shields, District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:887441
Long-form Identifier:1:3:887441:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘBald Hill Graphite, Whites Flat, District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
15.0km (9.3 miles) ⓘBaila Hill Amazonite deposit, Koppio, District Council of Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘKoppio Graphite Mine (Western Caron Co.), Koppio, District Council of Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia
18.9km (11.8 miles) ⓘRock Valley (Koppio), Koppio, District Council of Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia
19.8km (12.3 miles) ⓘKookaburra Gully Graphite Deposit, Koppio, District Council of Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia
20.4km (12.7 miles) ⓘKoppio Deposit (Fusion Rock; Valley Creek), Koppio, District Council of Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia
23.9km (14.9 miles) ⓘLincoln Plumbago Syndicate, Tulka, District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
25.2km (15.6 miles) ⓘNew Mount Liverpool Copper Mine, Tumby Bay, District Council of Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia
26.3km (16.4 miles) ⓘMount Liverpool Mine, Tumby Bay, District Council of Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia
26.8km (16.7 miles) ⓘUley Graphite Mine (S.A. Graphite Ltd; Uley Graphite Sydicate; Graphite Ltd.), Uley, District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
References
Hage, B., Geology of the Poonindie Quartzite Quarry, Department of Mines and Energy South Australia.
 
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