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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 MountainsMountain Range
Santa Barbara Co.County
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 57' 30'' North , 120° 3' 25'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Sisquoc183 (2011)23.8km
Los Alamos1,890 (2011)31.2km
Los Olivos1,132 (2011)32.7km
New Cuyama517 (2011)33.9km
Santa Maria105,093 (2017)34.5km
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ClubLocationDistance
Orcutt Mineral SocietySanta Maria, California35km


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 Elements

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1 valid mineral.

Detailed 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).

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O BaryteBaSO4
SSulfur
S BaryteBaSO4
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4

References

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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.

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