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Buckeye Mine (Boston Mine), Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA

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Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	Quartz
Formula:	SiO₂
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Buckeye Mine (Boston Mine), Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	496774
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:496774:3
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz

1.7km (1.0 miles)	ⓘ Butte and Philadelphia Prospect (Lady Leith-Cady Leith Mines; Katie Leith), Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles)	ⓘ Solar Mine (Solar and Pearl; Solar Pearl), Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles)	ⓘ Clay Deposit, Josephine Mine, Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles)	ⓘ Josephine Mine, Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles)	ⓘ Lady Hennessey Mine, Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles)	ⓘ Hawkeye Mine, Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles)	ⓘ Vindicator Mine, Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles)	ⓘ Dumortierite Deposit, Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles)	ⓘ Morning Mine (Midnight Mine), Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
4.6km (2.8 miles)	ⓘ Crescent Mine, Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
References
*(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.*

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Quartz from Buckeye Mine (Boston Mine), Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA

Quartz from
Buckeye Mine (Boston Mine), Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA