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Quartz from
Contention Mine, Stanislaus, Tuolumne County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Comments:Occurs as a vein.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Molybdenite
Pyrite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Contention Mine, Stanislaus, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:676588
Long-form Identifier:1:3:676588:0
GUID (UUID V4):07eb84da-e3d9-4dc1-abe6-df50926ba22d
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
3.7km (2.3 miles) Louise Mine, Stanislaus area, Collierville Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) Deer Lodge Mine (Pierce), Stanislaus area, Collierville Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) Golden Sulphuret Consolidated Mine, Stanislaus area, Collierville Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) U. S. Grant Mine (Grant Mine; Sunnyside Mine), Italian Bar, American Camp Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) Homestake Mine, Stanislaus area, Collierville Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
4.9km (3.0 miles) Collier Mine (Blood Mine; Sandwich Mine), Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) Young America Mine, Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) Taylor Mine (Mascot), Stanislaus area, Collierville Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
7.0km (4.4 miles) Hidden Treasure Mine [1], Blewetts Point, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) Old Tuolumne group (Old Tuolomne Consolidated; Old Tuolumne Cons), Blewetts Point, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
References
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Report (issue)
of the Western Sierra Nevada Metamorphic Belt, California GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 410 Prepared...Prepared in cooperation with the State of California, Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and...of the Western Sierra Nevada Metamorphic Belt, California By LORIN D. CLARK GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...410 Prepared in cooperation with the State of California, Department of Conservation, Division of Mines...of the western Sierra Nevada metamorp4ic belt, California. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964. iv
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DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 193 California Division of Mines and Geology Sacramento, California, 1970...By William B. DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA Clark Geologist, California Division of Mines & Geology...Geology, Sacramento, California UNIVERSITY LIBRARY U.C DAVIS '~'^ JUL 'I 'i GOV INFO or"! BULLETIN 193...to the gold deposits in California. Although on treatise a vast California, there in of the knov/n...mention of gold California in was Las Sergus de Esplandian, a romance in which "California" was believed
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SPECIES FROM THE CLEAR CREEK CLAIM, SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA ANDREW C. ROBERTS§ Geological Survey of Canada...GAIL E. DUNNING 773 Durshire Way, Sunnyvale, California, 94087-4709, U.S.A. PETER C. BURNS Department...long-abandoned Clear Creek mercury mine, New Idria district, San Benito County, California. It is most closely associated...principally composed of quartz and ferroan magnesite. Vasilyevite occurs in small shallow quartz-lined vugs as...reflectance data, X-ray data, Clear Creek mine, San Benito County, California. SOMMAIRE La vasilyevite, nouvelle
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common mineral in the Harvard collection after quartz and calcite! There are about 1200 specimens, with...contemporary specimens have been available. The Dilz mine near Mariposa recently produced groups of rather...rather rough cubes, a real rarity for California (Leicht 1987). The octahedron o{111} is by far the most common...depicts Brazilian and Russian crystals. The Zapata Mine 25 miles south-southwest of Santa Elena de Vairen...the Zapata mine. In a short note on the morphology of gold "threads" from the White Bull mine in Oregon
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Archive in 2012 with funding from University of California, Davis Libraries http://archive.org/details...org/details/californiajourna40cali STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF MINES... 40 State Mineralogist JANUARY 1944 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...MINERALOGIST'S REPORT XL 33963 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS 1 DIVISION OF MINES EXECUTIVE AND...Geology of Palm Springs-Blythe Strip, Riverside County, California, by William J. Miller Geology of Parts of
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and stratigraphic nomenclature. Menlo Park, California 1985 Abstract As part of the program for the...Buckeye deposits of the Franciscan Complex in California formed at lower temperatures (<100°C) in the...sedimentary-manganese deposits of the western Cordillera of the USA and other circum-Pacific areas. This progress report...analyzed are from deposits in Nevada, Arizona, California, and Mexico (Table 1). For comparison, bulk samples...is placed in a stainless steel boat along with a quartz reaction tube enclosing a platinum crucible. This
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>*»> BRITL 622. 09794. C128 c. 1 CALIFORNIA MINERS # CALIFORNIA MINES AND MINERALS 3 T153 DODEETEO...(:()Mi>A.\v \.\i:isi'll California Mines and Minerals PUBLISHED BY THE California Miners' Association under...Edward H. Benjamin, ot Secretary for the California Meeting of the American Institute of Mining...SOUVENIE OF THEIR VISIT TO Tins ,\IIXI>ff; CALIFORNIA SEPTEMBER AND OCTOHEK 1809. K 6k 2 Kntered...spirited enough to look citizens after their county interests, prepared from the Secretary's all
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^^titOrpi^ Ir^j, Oiioi ,^irornis ,, STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...FRANCISCO Chief DECEMBER 144 COPPER IN (In CALIFORNIA Three Parts, Including Outline Geologic Map...Honorable Earl Warren Governor of the State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...herewith Bulletin 144, Copper in California, prepared under the direction of Olaf P. Jenkins, Chief of the...Properties to Accompany Economic Mineral jMap of California No. 6. It consists of a large number of contributions
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1934 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE HARRY HAMMOND. STATE...SACRAMENTO. 1934 10323 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF« CALIFORNIA DAVIS 1 DIVISION OF MINES EXECUTIVE AND TECHNICAL...Mineral Resources of Northeastern Madera County, California Geology and Mineral Deposits of Laurel and
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1935 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE, STATE...19017 SACRAMENTO. 1935 LIBRARY UNIVERSUY Of* CALIFORNIA Davis 1 DIVISION OF MINES EXECUTIVE AND TECHNICAL...Notes Geological Investigation of the Southern California 50 Clays of Riverside and Orange Counties,
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INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY., ARIZONA by Stanton B. Keith Geologist Bulletin 187...Employer. INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA by Stanton B. Keith Geologist Bulletin...Warren (Bisbee) mining district, which includes this mine, yielded 167,242,000 tons of ore from 1880 to 1981...TABLES AND MAPS. 4 NOTES ON DISTRICTS ...••. California (Chiricahua) District Cochise District . Dos...Districts in Cochise County and Explanation of Geologic Symbols. . • • California (Chiricahua) District
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WARREN T. HANNUM, Director DIVISION OF MINES...State Mineralogist JANUARY Vol. 42 1946 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...STATE MINERALOGISTS REPORT XL1I printed in California state printing office B4257 'DAVIS 1 DIVISION...Geology of Santa Rosa Mountain Area, Riverside County, California, by Lawrence B. Wright Geology and Nickel...Diego 15 County, California, by S. C. Creasey Tin Deposits of the Gorman District, Kern County, California
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MINERAL FROM THE GRAND CENTRAL MINE, TOMBSTONE HILLS, COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: DESCRIPTION AND CRYSTAL...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007, USA ABSTRACT Backite...mineral from the Grand Central mine, Tombstone Hills, Cochise County, Arizona. It occurs as rosettes...of hexagonal plates perched on microcrystalline quartz, associated with schieffelinite, oboyerite, and...species, tellurate, Grand Central mine, Tombstone Hills, Cochise County, Arizona, crystal structure, Raman
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and solution to the Blue ROCKS AND MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA by Brown and Allan. Descriptions, maps, illustrations...ORDER (Not Each Book) for handling and mailing CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ALSO ADD 5 PERCENT SALES TAX Send check...order to Desert Magazine Book Shop, Palm Desert, California 92260. Sorry, but we cannot accept charges or... heavy paperback, 72 pages, $2.00. EXPLORING CALIFORNIA BYWAYS — DESERT COUNTRY by Russ Leadabrand. The...you on 1 1 trips through the desert country of California, including both passenger car and four-wheel-drive
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353-416 257-320 321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73
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to Superintendent of Documents.) MENLO PARK, California Bldg. 3, Rm. 3128, 345 Middlefield Rd. RESTON...the Bisbee Group in the Empire Anticline (Toughnut Mine) area Bll Structural contour map along top of the...Cross-section through the area of Tranquility and Contention Mines B15 Tracing of photo mosaic of northern...some detail. In the Tombstone Hills of Cochise County (fig. 1), the Bisbee Group is the main host rock...and mineralization at any scale other than that of mine geology. The purpose of this study, therefore, is
 
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