Eagle Mine (White Elephant Mine; La Brea deposit; North Fork La Brea Creek), San Rafael Mountains, Santa Barbara Co., California, USAi
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Eagle Mine (White Elephant Mine; La Brea deposit; North Fork La Brea Creek) | Mine |
San Rafael Mountains | Mountain Range |
Santa Barbara Co. | County |
California | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 57' 30'' North , 120° 3' 25'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Sisquoc | 183 (2011) | 23.8km |
Los Alamos | 1,890 (2011) | 31.2km |
Los Olivos | 1,132 (2011) | 32.7km |
New Cuyama | 517 (2011) | 33.9km |
Santa Maria | 105,093 (2017) | 34.5km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Orcutt Mineral Society | Santa Maria, California | 35km |
A former baryte mine located in sec. 8, T10N, R30W (S.B.), about 20 miles NE of Sisquoc and about 20 miles due E of Santa Maria.
Mineralization is a vein baryte deposit in sandstone. The vein was 25 feet wide but pinched out 30 feet from the surface.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 Reference: Bradley, W.W. (1930), Barite in California: CA State Mineralogist Rept.: 26(1): 45-57; Brobst, D.A. (1958), Barite Resources of the United States, USGS Bull. 1072-B: 108 (Table 10). |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
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ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Bradley, W.W. (1930), Barite in California: California State Mineralogist Report: 26(1): 45-57.
Brobst, D.A. (1958), Barite Resources of the United States, USGS Bull. 1072-B: 108 (Table 10).
Weber, F.H., Jr. (1963b), Barite in California: California Division Mines & Geology, Mineral Information Service: 16: 4.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geol. Bulletin 189: 98.
Weber, F.H., Jr. (1966b), Mineral resources of California: Barite. California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin: 191: 94-98.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983): 294.
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Franciscan DomainDomain
Pacific PlateTectonic Plate
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