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Quartz from
Gold Run Mining District, Placer County, California, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gold Run Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:940499
Long-form Identifier:1:3:940499:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Quartz in this Region
Number Two Mine, Gold Run (Mountain Springs; Indiana Hill), Gold Run Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
Secret Town Mine, Gold Run (Mountain Springs; Indiana Hill), Gold Run Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘNumber Two Mine, Gold Run (Mountain Springs; Indiana Hill), Gold Run Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘBig Blue Mine (Big Blue Quartz; Big Blue claim; Vulture claim), Dutch Flat, Dutch Flat Mining District (Towle Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
2.7km (1.6 miles) ⓘSecret Town Mine, Gold Run (Mountain Springs; Indiana Hill), Gold Run Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘNorth Star Mine [2] (North Star Quartz Mine), Dutch Flat, Dutch Flat Mining District (Towle Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘTryon Mine (Tyron Mine), Sugarloaf, Placer County, California, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘVictory Mine (Russell and Phelps), Cape Horn, Colfax Mining District (Illinois Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘGreenhorn Creek Mine, Hunts Hill, Scotts Flat Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘSteep Hollow Group Mine (Steep Hollow Gp.), You Bet (Chalk Bluffs), You Bet Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘMountain Maid Quartz Mine (Mountain Maid Qtz.), Chicago Park, Nevada County, California, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘIowa Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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