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Santa Maria Mine (Santa Maria claim), Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USAi
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Santa Maria Mine (Santa Maria claim)Mine
Cerro Gordo MineMine
Cerro GordoTown
Cerro Gordo Mining DistrictMining District
Inyo Mts (Inyo Range)Mountain Range
Inyo CountyCounty
CaliforniaState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 32' 22'' North , 117° 47' 27'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
36.53944,-117.79083
GeoHash:
G#: 9qkpzeg3d
GRN:
N25W68
Type:
Mine
KΓΆppen climate type:
BWk : Cold desert climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Lone Pine2,035 (2015)25.5km
Olancha192 (2015)34.6km
Independence669 (2011)46.8km
Nearest Clubs:
Local clubs are the best way to get access to collecting localities
ClubLocationDistance
Lone Pine Gem & Mineral SocietyLone Pine, California26km
Mindat Locality ID:
27434
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:27434:3
GUID (UUID V4):
31abd99d-f73f-49a6-b885-6cd5e6069296


A former Ag-Pb mine located 0.4 km (0.3 mile) ENE of Cerro Gordo (mining town), later consolidated into the greater Cerro Gordo Mine.

NOTE: This mine is only included in the USGS MRDS database as an alternate name for the Cerro Gordo Mine (2 files).

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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4 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

β“˜ Anglesite
Formula: PbSO4
β“˜ Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Description: An important mineral in quartz veins.
β“˜ Galena
Formula: PbS
β“˜ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena
Formula: PbS with Ag
β“˜ Geocronite
Formula: Pb14Sb6S23

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
β“˜Galena2.CD.10PbS
β“˜var. Silver-bearing Galena2.CD.10PbS with Ag
β“˜Geocronite2.JB.30aPb14Sb6S23
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
β“˜Anglesite7.AD.35PbSO4
β“˜Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oβ“˜ AnglesitePbSO4
Oβ“˜ BaryteBaSO4
SSulfur
Sβ“˜ AnglesitePbSO4
Sβ“˜ BaryteBaSO4
Sβ“˜ GalenaPbS
Sβ“˜ GeocronitePb14Sb6S23
Sβ“˜ Galena var. Silver-bearing GalenaPbS with Ag
AgSilver
Agβ“˜ Galena var. Silver-bearing GalenaPbS with Ag
SbAntimony
Sbβ“˜ GeocronitePb14Sb6S23
BaBarium
Baβ“˜ BaryteBaSO4
PbLead
Pbβ“˜ AnglesitePbSO4
Pbβ“˜ GalenaPbS
Pbβ“˜ GeocronitePb14Sb6S23
Pbβ“˜ Galena var. Silver-bearing GalenaPbS with Ag

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Link to USGS MRDS:10310600

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References

Hanks, Henry Garber (1884), Fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 4, 410 pp. (includes catalog of minerals of California pp. 63-410), and miscellaneous observations on mineral products): 182.
Hanks, Henry Garber (1886), Sixth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 6 part 1, 145 pp. (includes catalog of minerals); […(abstract): Neues Jahrb., 1887, Band 2: 474]: 110.
Merriam, Charles Warren (1963), Geology of the Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo County, California: USGS PP 408, 83 pp.: 60.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 97, 198.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
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