| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Sphalerite | 1 |
| Siderite | 1 |
| Galena | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Sierra Nevada Mine, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 217384 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:217384:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Quartz |
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| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘCaledonia Mine, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘCrown Point Mine, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA |
| 1.2km (0.7 miles) | ⓘLast Chance Mine, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA |
| 1.7km (1.0 miles) | ⓘStemwinder Mine, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA |
| 1.9km (1.2 miles) | ⓘBunker Hill Mine, Wardner, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA |
| 3.0km (1.9 miles) | ⓘPage Mine, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA |
| 4.1km (2.5 miles) | ⓘAlhambra Mine, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA |
| 4.3km (2.7 miles) | ⓘDenver Mine, Pine Creek Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA |
| 4.5km (2.8 miles) | ⓘSidney Mine, Pine Creek Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA |
| 4.8km (3.0 miles) | ⓘIdaho prospect, Pine Creek Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA |
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Bill Hamel Collection; The Sierra Nevada Mine lies within the same Revett-St. Regis quartzite host sequence & structural domain as the Bunker Hill & Page mines, where sphalerite is a principal sulfide & siderite a characteristic gangue of the Ag-Pb-Zn stage. USGS & IGS studies show that Coeur d’Alene-type veins formed from Cretaceous metamorphic-hydrothermal fluids along NW faults, producing galena ± sphalerite ± tetrahedrite with Fe-carbonate halos in the Revett quartzites. Given this identical host & vein style, & documented Zn production (50,000→100,000 lb) at Sierra Nevada, a reasonable interpretation is that its ores likewise contained sphalerite as the Zn phase & siderite as associated gangue, now partly oxidized near surface. I will add the below 3 citations in support of this: Leach, D.L., et al. (2002), “Age and Origin of Base & Precious Metal Veins of the Coeur d’Alene District, Idaho,” Economic Geology 97(1):23-42. Umpleby, J.B., & Jones, E.L., Jr. (1923), USGS Bulletin 732: Geology & Ore Deposits of Shoshone County, Idaho. Long, K.R. (1998), USGS Open-File Report 98-583: Grade & Tonnage Models for Coeur d’Alene-type Deposits.Identified by Bill Hamel: Visual Identification |
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