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Quartz from
Bald Hill Graphite, Whites Flat, District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bald Hill Graphite, Whites Flat, District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:900490
Long-form Identifier:1:3:900490:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘBaila Hill Amazonite deposit, Koppio, District Council of Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘKoppio Graphite Mine (Western Caron Co.), Koppio, District Council of Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘRock Valley (Koppio), Koppio, District Council of Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘKookaburra Gully Graphite Deposit, Koppio, District Council of Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘKoppio Deposit (Fusion Rock; Valley Creek), Koppio, District Council of Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘPooninidie Quarry, North Shields, District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘNew Mount Liverpool Copper Mine, Tumby Bay, District Council of Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘMount Liverpool Mine, Tumby Bay, District Council of Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia
22.3km (13.9 miles) ⓘPort Lincoln Copper Mine, Tumby Bay, District Council of Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘStokes Mine, Tumby Bay, District Council of Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia
References
SA Geodata Database, Deposit Number: 216
 
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