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Quartz from
Slate Islands, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Slate Islands, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:811008
Long-form Identifier:1:3:811008:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
22.3km (13.8 miles) ⓘOtisse claim, Priske Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
22.4km (13.9 miles) ⓘHarkness-Hays Mine (W.S.Jackson claim), Priske Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
23.3km (14.5 miles) ⓘMcKellar-Longworth Mine (North Shore Gold Mine), Priske Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘEmpress Mine (Royal vein), Syine Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
27.1km (16.8 miles) ⓘUrsa Major Mine, O'Connor Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
31.0km (19.3 miles) ⓘColdwell complex, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
31.7km (19.7 miles) ⓘDeadhorse Creek complex, Walsh Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
34.4km (21.4 miles) ⓘNicopor Mine, Pays Plat Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
39.2km (24.4 miles) ⓘRossport veins, Lahontan Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
42.7km (26.5 miles) ⓘSt Louis claim, O'Connor Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
References
Parsons, A.L. (1922) Economic Deposits in Thunder Bay District. Annual Report of the Ontario Department of Mines, 30 (4). Department of Mines. 27-38
 
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