Quartz Hill Mining District, Shasta Co., California, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Quartz Hill Mining District | Mining District |
| Shasta Co. | County |
| California | State |
| USA | Country |
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Key
Latitude & Longitude:
40° North , 122° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~102km
Locality type:
A Au mining area around Quartz Hill, Buckeye.
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities3 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Locality: Humming Bird Mine, Quartz Hill, Buckeye, Quartz Hill Mining District, Shasta Co., California, USA Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
| β 'Garnet Group' Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3 Reference: Brown, G. Chester (1916b), Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity Counties: California Mining Bureau. (Report 14): 14(4): 783; Lydon, Philip Andrew and OβBrien, J.C. (1974) Mines and mineral resources of Shasta County, California. California Division of Mines and Geology County Report 6, 154 pp.; U.S. Bureau of Mines (1983), Open File Report MLA 50-83. USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10034474. |
| β Gold Formula: Au Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 Localities: Black Cloud and Red Top Mine (Reservoir and Offset Mine), Quartz Hill, Buckeye, Quartz Hill Mining District, Shasta Co., California, USA Holly Mine, Quartz Hill, Buckeye, Quartz Hill Mining District, Shasta Co., California, USA Humming Bird Mine, Quartz Hill, Buckeye, Quartz Hill Mining District, Shasta Co., California, USA Meeks Mine, Quartz Hill, Buckeye, Quartz Hill Mining District, Shasta Co., California, USA Mountain View Mine, Quartz Hill, Buckeye, Quartz Hill Mining District, Shasta Co., California, USA |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| β | 'Garnet Group' | - | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
| Group 1 - NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Metals, other than the Platinum Group | |||
| β | Gold | 1.1.1.1 | Au |
| Group 14 - ANHYDROUS NORMAL CARBONATES | |||
| A(XO3) | |||
| β | Calcite | 14.1.1.1 | CaCO3 |
| Group 75 - TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks | |||
| Si Tetrahedral Frameworks - SiO2 with [4] coordinated Si | |||
| β | Quartz | 75.1.3.1 | SiO2 |
| Unclassified Minerals, Mixtures, etc. | |||
| β | 'Garnet Group' | - | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | β Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | β Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | β Gold | Au |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10034395.
Localities in this Region
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- Shasta Co.
- California
- Shasta Co.
- Quartz Hill Mining District
- Shasta Co.
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