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Quartz from
Bill Smith Mine, Highland Flats-Box Creek Mining District, Converse County, Wyoming, 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 Bill Smith Mine, Highland Flats-Box Creek Mining District, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1260033
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1260033:5
GUID (UUID V4):211d5203-216b-48a5-aac2-07371db7ee8a
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
36.6km (22.7 miles) Mica pegmatite prospect, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
40.2km (25.0 miles) Schundler-Glenrock feldspar pegmatite, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
62.4km (38.7 miles) Oriole Mine, Esterbrook Mining District, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
62.5km (38.9 miles) Copper King Mine (Old Copper King Mine), Esterbrook Mining District, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
63.3km (39.3 miles) Catherine No. 1 pegmatite mine, Natrona County, Wyoming, USA
74.1km (46.1 miles) Kreisley mine, Trail Creek mine area, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
76.0km (47.2 miles) Eureka Mine, Esterbrook Mining District, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
76.4km (47.5 miles) Big Five prospect, Esterbrook Mining District, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
78.8km (49.0 miles) Maggie Murphy Mine, Esterbrook Mining District, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
79.0km (49.1 miles) Kentucky Bell Prospect (Hoosier Group), Esterbrook Mining District, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
References
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than one continent. World-class deposits include quartz-pebble conglomerate, unconformity-related vein...conditions, concentrations large enough to warrant mining are restricted mostly to the western U.S. Principal...intermontane basins (e.g., province 2-Tertiary basins, Wyoming), or gulf-type basins (e.g., province 3-Texas Gulf...and White Canyon mineral belts Tertiary basins, Wyoming and Colorado Northeast Washington Colorado Front...Southern Rockies Black Hills region, South Dakota and Wyoming Basin and Range Phosphoria basin (in Idaho and
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Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... . . . 217 by A. R. Kampf The Dee North mine, Elko County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815...crystal cluster, 13.6 cm, from the famous Malmberget mine, Gällivose, Lapland, Sweden. Peter Lyckberg collection;
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Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Pahs, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 Subscriptions...by R. W. Eveleth S tib n ites o f the Stayton district, H o llister, C a lif o r n ia .................emphasis or clarity, and (d) proper names, e.g., mine levels. 8. Credits. Caption data for specimen photos...the New Nevada mine in Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico and legrandite from the Ojuela mine in Mapimi, Durango
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Events 2-5 Feature Article - S. Veatch, Cripple Creek High Grader has Change of Heart 6 Feature Article...Article - M. Nelson, Trip Report: Sublette County Rockhounds’ Gem and Mineral Show 2021 7-13 Pebble Pups...Fluorite: Mineral of the Month at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry 15 Classifieds, Meetings and Trip...Join us! COLORADO SPRINGS MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 2 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80901-0002 Oct 2021...meeting; program: The Crystal Peak Amazonite-Smoky Quartz Locality, Teller and Park Counties, Colorado (1873-1986)
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Bartsch Houston Museum of Nat. Sci. Houston, Texas Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815...Rossman Orpiment from the Twin Creeks mine, Humboldt County, N e v a d a .............................. 311 by B. K. Lees The Purple Passion mine, Yavapai County, A rizona.................. 323 by E. Davis
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Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815...................... 75 by W. E. Wilson COVER: QUARTZ crystal cluster, 8.2 cm, from the Second Sovietskiy...address changes to: The Mineralogical Record, P.O. Box 35565, Tucson, AZ 85740. Copyright 2001 © by the
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Mary Lynn Michela Associate Editors Piere Bariand Bill Birch Michael P. Cooper Anthony R. Kampf Joseph...minrec@earthlink.net Subscriptions, Books & Back Issues P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, AZ 85740 Tel: 520-297-6709 Fax: 520-544-0815...address changes to: Mineralogical Record P. O. Box 35565, Tucson, AZ 85740. Front cover: COVELLITE crystal...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff...Circle Newark, Delaware 19702 Jerry A. Lorengo PO Box 15724 Arlington, Virginia 22215 For more than 100
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of nonfuel minerals and a chapter on trends in mining and quarrying in the metals and industrial mineral...State mineral production and mineral production by county were prepared in the Division of Statistics and...Geological and Natural History Survey. Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming. L. Michael Kaas, Chief, Division...Minerals by Jacqueline A. McCiaskey and Stephen D. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wyoming, by Rodney J. Minarik, W. Dan Hausel, and R. E
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Mineral Localities: The Erupción/Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos District, Chihuahua, Mexico ....................Mary Lynn Michela Associate Editors Piere Bariand Bill Birch Michael P. Cooper Anthony R. Kampf Joseph...minrec@earthlink.net Subscriptions, Books & Back Issues P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, AZ 85740 Tel: 520-297-6709 Fax: 520-544-0815...Send address changes to: Mineralogical Record P. O. Box 35565, Tucson, AZ 85740. Website www.minrec.org Front...Front Cover WULFENITE from the Ahumada mine, Los Lamentos District, Chihuahua, Mexico; 6.6 cm across. Norm
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Bartsch Houston Museum of Nat. Sci. Houston, Texas Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815...W. Pinch & J. D. Grice The M eikle m ine, Elko County, N e v a d a ....................................by M. Jensen The Ross H annibal m ine, Lawrence County, South D a k o ta ............................
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Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete...by R. Z. Kothavala Rare minerals of the Kombat mine, Namibia ................................ 421 by...and Adolf Lechner .................. 433 by B. Smith Minerals of the Madan Orefield, Bulgaria .........439 by S. Petrussenko Minerals of the Beltana mine, Puttapa, South A ustralia 449 by P. Elliot Columns... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 Subscriptions
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Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Fisher History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815...year. *Continued on p. 455 COVER: ELBAITE on quartz, 20 cm, one of the famous “blue cap” tourmalines
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Bartsch Houston Museum of Nat. Sci. Houston, Texas Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...ecord Articles Rare sulfosalts from the Van Silver mine, British C olum bia...............................Balacko Famous mineral localities: The Brownley Hill mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England.................... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815
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............................................ 3 MINING IN CHINA Berthold Ottens ............................................................ 17 DAOPING MINE Guanghua Liu and Berthold Ottens ....................................... 69 LOCALITY GUIDE Bill & Carol Smith, Guanghua Liu, and Berthold Ottens ........Mary Lynn Michela Associate Editors Piere Bariand Bill Birch Michael P. Cooper Anthony R. Kampf Joseph...minrec@earthlink.net Subscriptions, Books & Back Issues P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, AZ 85740 Tel: 520-297-6709 Fax: 520-544-0815
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Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815...Articles Large barite crystals from the Elandsrand gold mine, South A fr ic a .................................address changes to: The Mineralogical Record, P.O. Box 35565, Tucson, AZ 85740. Copyright 2001 © by the
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Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815...Famous mineral localities: The Cripple Creek Mining District, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....[Ba(UO2)2V2O8⭈5H2O] from the type locality, the Mounana mine, Franceville, Haute Ogooué, Gabon. See the article
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Denver, Colorado USA © 2009 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone 1.303.495...plwto Plldi.wp11�. Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt...Kampf, Suzanne Liebetrau Lauren Megaw, Bill Smith, Carol Smith and Terry Wallace Edited by Robert B............................ 4 BY ALFREDO PETROV Mining, Politics, and Tumult: A Brief Look at Bolivian........................... 14 BY ALFREDO PETROV Quartz & cassiterite 4.3 cm; Huanuni Dave Bunk specimen
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Mrs. Elsie Kane White Roy E. Clark Box 236 3418 Flannery Lane Box 607 Murphy, N. C. Baltimore 7, Md....The contact address is Prof. W. B. Johnson, P. O. Box 9921, Jackson 6, Mississippi. ROCKS AND MINERALS...Durnham, display with good material. There will 524 Highland Avenue, Upper Montclair, be mineral identification...discussion of a recent field trip to an old silver mine in Ridgefield. While it was a rainy day and the...Dr. Cloyd Smith, professional engineer and mining geologist, on Emeralds and Emerald Mining in October
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Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles , CA Joseph A. Mandarino...by U. Burchard Recent discoveries at the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec . .. ................. . . .............. . .. . ... .... . . ..... 106 by B. Smith What's new in minerals. Costa Mesa Show 2003 ..... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815
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Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Articles Famous mineral localities: The Bristol copper mine, Connecticut.............................................................. 457 by A. Petrov & B. Smith Columns Notes from the Editors................... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815
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GALENA CRYSTALS, BARITE CRYSTALS, CALCITE CRYSTALS, QUARTZ CRYSTALS ETC. EACH PIECE TRIMMED AND SELECTED FOR.................................... SILVER CRATER MINE—Ilia Kerr ........................................opinions expressed in their respective articles. BOX 29, PEEKSKILL, N. Y., U.S.A. ROCKS and MINERALS,...and August 1st, 1965, in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., to swap or dig your own tourmaline plus...Camping. For more details contact Gar)' W. Anderson, Box 154, Rt. 2, Phoenix, N. Y. Phone a Good Mineral
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Pelt, Los Angeles • Note our mailing address: P.O. Box 1621, Laguna Beach, CA 92652. Editor & Publisher...Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Richard... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 FAX: 602-544-0815...Articles Native gold from the Jamestown mine, Tuolumne County, California...............................Baranda Some pegmatite minerals from the Zomba district, Malawi .....................................
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for the season. OCT. 6-9 — Santa Cruz, Arizona, county fair and rodeo. OCT. 7-8—Alfalfa Festival at Lancaster...in California and Nevada. OCT. 24-27 — American Mining congress at Ambassador hotel, Los Angeles. OCT...Contest prize winning pictures 3 White Mountain Smith of the Petrified Forest By ADRIAN HOWARD 4 Odessa...Prize photo announcement 23 Brief notes on desert mine operations . . . . 24 Prize winning hot weather...You and Me, by the Editor . Third Cover CONTEST MINING TALL TALES The Desert Magazine is published monthly
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. . . . . . . . . 19 by J. A. Scovil The Machow mine, Tamobrzeg, Poland . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. ...after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural...altered either by nature, by construction, by further mining, or by subsequent collecting. If there is the slightest...geologic setting and mineralogy of the mine site. The Harding mine catalog will provide researchers and...citations on the Harding mine and information about other collections of Harding mine specimens. The museum
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Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Richard... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 FAX: 602-544-0815...Alves Mineralogy of the Bennett pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine ..........................................185 by B. M. England Copper roses from the Rose mine, near San Lorenzo, New Mexico ....................phosphate analog of molybdofornacite from Whim Creek, Western Australia ............................
 
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