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Pickeringite from
Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pickeringite
Formula:MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pickeringite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:282823
Long-form Identifier:1:3:282823:7
GUID (UUID V4):c0693f46-689e-4b12-b07a-ec378081f546
Nearest other occurrences of Pickeringite
66.0km (41.0 miles) Alum mine, Alum Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ama, Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District...District Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite...Figure 4. Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high, Chalk Mountain, Churchill...Churchill County. Dan Behnke specimens and photos. Hot Springs Iron meteorite Lake (Mopung Hills) District Various
Book
the pitchblende. not been for several^years the mine is not worked at present and has distribution in...crystallized at Bergen's ; Ranch, Jefferson County; on Boulder Peak. Agate,— See Quartz. — At Quartzville...Almandite. See Garnet. Boulder County. City Gold — Allophanite. —Franklin Mine, in Gilson Gulch Fowler Branch...following result. The specimen was from the Red Clbud Mine: (1) Qnnrtz Gold Silver Copper Lead Zinc Iron... connection with coloradoite in the KeyBoulder County. AMBER.— (One specimen found near the head of Cherry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at the summit of Sunset Crater Volcano give the mountain the appearance of being bathed in a perpetual...in the late 1800s, to name the volcano Sunset Mountain. The name was later changed to Sunset Crater because...year was creating a huge scar on the side of the mountain. Thus, the summit of the volcano was closed to...as Hisatsinom (“those who lived long ago”). This peak, sacred to the Hopi (and others), is home to one...between A.D. 1040 and A.D. 1100 (Ort, Elson, and Champion 2002). Smiley (1958) suggested that, based on
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
Book
MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town kept...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines
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7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794
Catalog/List
limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen...Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite MM Lot 10-1'' lxl" lx2" I. 25 .50 I. 00 2.50 5... Austria 1 SWitzerland Aleine areas Fine large white twin xls on 1:;neisswith chlorite . ALLANITE Calcium
Journal (issue)
of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ..................... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...when I first took this job, then-publisher John White offered to buy me a steak dinner if I ever managed...e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey, M.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...(c) = currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos...pseudomorphs after pyrite, pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine—near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous
Journal (issue)
TeHurium Sulphur Dinmond Gra1,hitc GOLD Albemarle County.-"Streaks" occur in quartz veins in slate belt...east of South­ western Mt. (ll. 8). Buckingham County.-A placer gold specimen about 7 x 10 x 17 mm. which...collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Culpeper County.-Two specimens with flakes of gold up to 1 cm....Smithsonian Institution. Dinwiddie County.-Two specimens from the Whitehall Mine with gold, tetrn­ dymite, limonite...error and should refer to Spotsylvania County.) Fairfax County.-A specimen of gold with galena in quartz
Journal (issue)
world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...(c) = currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite...limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine-near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous...topaz, tourmaline, triplite Trueheart pegmatite mine (f)-near Amelia beryl (var. aquamarine), microcline
Catalog/List
........ . Mexico Durango, Mapimi, Mina Ojuela White to very pale yellow sheave-like crystal groups on...on limonite ....... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro crystals on...Copper aluminum silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...CLEAVELANDITE Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine #2 Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite PERICLINE...Italy, Austria, Switzerland Alpine areas Fine large white twin xls on gneiss with chlorite .. PERISTERITE
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Paul E. Dcsautels, Roy S. Clarke, Jr., and John S. White, Jr. of the Smithsonian Institution and to G. K...Rozcnite Hexahydritc Melanterite Epsomite Roemerite Pickeringite I-Ialotrichite Komelite Coquimbite Alunogen...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning
Report (issue)
] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's
Journal (issue)
affiliated with the Friends of Mineralogy John S. White, Jr. Division o f M ineralogy The Smithsonian Institution............22 by Pete J. Dunn Minerals of the Tui Mine, New Zealand......................26 by R. L. Ansin...Phillip Matter III circulation manager Mary Lynn White design & composition Bowie Graphic A rt Services...postage paid at Bowie Md. GOLD, Placerville, California. From the collection of Bob Melzer, Tucson, Arizona...ney to the Southwest, including localities in California, The mineral to be named gordonite was one of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hiitt. Suchsen,, 1889, 106).-In the Himmelsfiirst mine, at Freiberg, in Saxony, iron pyrites occurs in...Plumboferrite occurs in the Jakobsberg manganese mine a t Nordmarken, in veins in the granular limestone...and a phosphate, and of white beryl. A bright green mineral from the Antler mine, Arizona, gave on analysisCuO...author has found soda alum in large quantities, pickeringite in fibrous masses, and bloedite and tamarugite...tamarugite, from the Pampa dal Tamaruga. 111. Pickeringite ; formula MgSO,,Al2S,O12 22B20. B. H. B. +
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353-416 257-320 321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN Famous mineral...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALABAMA Iron phosphate mineral locality at Indian Mountain, Alabama (by H. Harwood) 5:241-244 Iron-manganese
Catalog/List
Norway 686 BERYL Hoydalen,Tordal,Norway Rich grey-white cleavages , some with minor beryl or mica variety...----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...Tvedalen, Norway Brown-purple mass in matrix Creamy white micro crystals in cavities in Natrolite lxl £4 lx2...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd
Catalog/List
micro-probini Pure white cleavage mass lxl £5 lx2 £10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi...Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix some with micro...Hydrocarbon 963 6 ✓ ALBITE Maine USA variety CLEAVELANDITE, pure white sheafy, masses lxl £3 lx2 £5 2x2...2x2£25 17 ANALCITE TaliskerBay, Skye, Scotland White crystals well covering Basalt. Zeolitc Ix! £1.50...no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine grained
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded... the Rocky Mountains, and furthest to the northwest, the belt basin. The Rocky Mountains contain sedimentary...fourwheel-drive access to remote localities high in the mountains. In mountainous areas, the collecting season can...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal...Beaverhead County, the pegmatites of Jefferson County, and the Snowbird mine in Mineral County continue
Journal (issue)
Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR VISIT OUR MINE-KEEP WHAT YOU FIND DOOR PRIZES HOURLY DEALERS...Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia Richard S. Mitchell and Arthur S. Katz Peter’s Mountain: Hematite...Classified Advertisements VIRGINIA! The Rutherford Mine, Amelia Court House and certainly Mineral, Virginia...CRYSTALLIZED TURQUOISE from near Lynch Station, Campbell County, is Virginia's unique contribution to the mineral...Amelia County, are famous for the per­ fection of their thin tabular crystals. These range from white to
Catalog/List
massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...crystals on matrix. FLUORESCENT green Long wave White masses in matrix with micro crystals in cavities...England Rich fibrous pale grey-brown mass. Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule. lxl £3 lx2 £5 2x2 £10 2x3...2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near Creston
Catalog/List
fibrous mass. Info from micro-probin Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule. _!x_ l_£_5____ lx2£10 2x2£15...___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...FLUORESCENT green Long wave A rare British mineral. White veins and masses in matrix. ½"£3 Ix½ £5 _ _ _ _...mass of black crystal sections ,on matrix. Pure white cleavage mass Li Na Al PO/4 F OH Ix½ £3 l xl £5...- - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland
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NOTES FROM COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. By George M. White ................................................................................ .-.............. MINE YIELDING GEM SPHALERITE ABANDONED MANY YEARS .·...extremity of Milan, and Diamond Ledges on Long Mountain in the northern extremity of Stark, are localities...Amethyst has been found between North Peak and Square Mountain in the township of Kilkenny and two places...the south peak of Percy Peaks and the other, in a drift on a road near Sugarloaf Mountain. The Pe r c
 
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