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Opal from
Nowak Mine (Last Chance Opal Mine; Nowak Fire Opal Mine; Cowden Mine), Silica Gem claims, Last Chance Canyon, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nowak Mine (Last Chance Opal Mine; Nowak Fire Opal Mine; Cowden Mine), Silica Gem claims, Last Chance Canyon, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1006215
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1006215:1
GUID (UUID V4):3a27d6cc-118e-47ba-8350-67395514c910
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
0.3km (0.2 miles) Barnett Opal Mine, Silica Gem claims, Last Chance Canyon, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
3.0km (1.8 miles) Petrified Forest, Ricardo, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
5.7km (3.6 miles) Red Rock Canyon prospects, Ricardo, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
27.4km (17.0 miles) Mabel S claim, Randsburg, Kern County, California, USA
48.1km (29.9 miles) Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
49.1km (30.5 miles) Vanuray prospect, West Baker, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
49.5km (30.8 miles) Saddleback Mountain, East Kramer Borate area (East Kramer Colemanite area), East Kramer Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
67.9km (42.2 miles) Unnamed lava flow [1], Sugarloaf Mountain, Inyo County, California, USA
69.0km (42.9 miles) Little Lake Perlite deposits (Desert Materials Corp. deposit), Sugarloaf Mountain, Inyo County, California, USA
69.0km (42.9 miles) Wheeler Area Mine (Coso Mine), Coso Mine (Devil's Kitchen; Atlas; Lynch & Lynch; Nicol; Walley-Mickey & Wheeler), Coso Hot Springs deposit, Coso Hot Springs, Inyo County, California, USA
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