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Quartz from
Whitmore Mine (Antique claim; Antique Extension claim; Whitmore Nos. 2 through 7 claims; Whitmore Extension claim; Valley claim), Standard group, Standard Hill, Mojave, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Whitmore Mine (Antique claim; Antique Extension claim; Whitmore Nos. 2 through 7 claims; Whitmore Extension claim; Valley claim), Standard group, Standard Hill, Mojave, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:968563
Long-form Identifier:1:3:968563:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘVictory Mine (Yellow Dog Extension Mine; Victory claim; Russian Boy vein; Liberty claim; Bull Moose claim; Bull Moose Fraction claim; Bull Moose Nos. 1 & 2 claims), Standard group, Standard Hill, Mojave, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘSoledad Mountain (Butte Mountain), Mojave, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘLadd Mine, Sanborn, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
9.9km (6.2 miles) ⓘGem Hill, Rosamond Hills, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
11.6km (7.2 miles) ⓘCactus Gold Mine (Blue Eagle Mine; Middle Buttes Mine; Cactus Mine; Cactus Queen Mine; Shumake deposit; Shumake Mine), Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘMiddle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
17.0km (10.6 miles) ⓘMilwaukee prospect, Willow Springs Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) ⓘHorse Canyon Agate Beds (Cache Creek), Sugarloaf Mountain, Loraine Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
26.5km (16.5 miles) ⓘSummit Lime Company Mine (Summit Lime Quarry; Summit Lime Co. property; Pine Tree; Wild Cat; B C Mines; BCM Mines; Baltic; Nixon), Tehachapi, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
27.5km (17.1 miles) ⓘSky Line Mine, Cross Mountain, Kern County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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