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Quartz from
Pandora Mine, La Sal Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Dealer/Collection Label
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Native Selenium3
Uraninite3
Tyuyamunite2
Pyrite2
Metatyuyamunite2
Pandoraite-Ba1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pandora Mine, La Sal Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:928294
Long-form Identifier:1:3:928294:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
8.5km (5.3 miles) ⓘBlue Crystal Mine, Lisbon Valley Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘFirefly–Pigmay Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) ⓘMi Vida Mine, Lisbon Valley Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
14.4km (8.9 miles) ⓘChert Collecting Locality, Browns Hole-Upper Kane Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
21.6km (13.4 miles) ⓘWood Mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA
23.3km (14.5 miles) ⓘCliff Dweller Mine, La Sal Mining District (Paradox Valley Mining District), Montrose County, Colorado, USA
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘCashin Mine (Red Chief claim; Titon claim; Angell claim; Horse Shoe claim; Bennie claim; Maud claim; Humboldt claim), La Sal Mining District (Paradox Valley Mining District), Montrose County, Colorado, USA
24.5km (15.2 miles) ⓘMcCoy Mine, La Sal Mountain Mining District, Grand County, Utah, USA
24.6km (15.3 miles) ⓘIndiana Adit, La Sal Mountain Mining District, Grand County, Utah, USA
24.8km (15.4 miles) ⓘUnknown No. 5 Occurrence (MRDS - 10078566), Miners Basin, La Sal Mountain Mining District, Grand County, Utah, USA
References
Färber, Gunnar (n.d.) Personal Communication, Gunnar Färber Mineralien.
Kampf, Anthony R., Hughes, John M., Nash, Barbara P., Marty, Joe (2019) Pandoraite-Ba and pandoraite-Ca, Ba(V4+5V5+2)O16·3H2O and Ca(V4+5V5+2)O16·3H2O, two new vanadium oxide bronze minerals in solid solution from the Pandora Mine, La Sal Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 57 (2) 255-265 doi:10.3749/canmin.1800063
 
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