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Opal from
White Knob Quarry, Lucerne Valley, Lucerne Valley Limestone District, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Luminescent properties:lime green
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view White Knob Quarry, Lucerne Valley, Lucerne Valley Limestone District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1012789
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1012789:2
GUID (UUID V4):e9f39dad-e0de-4bd5-b88c-3adf46df5710
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
50.1km (31.1 miles) ⓘHenshaw Quarry, Bloomington, San Bernardino County, California, USA
50.1km (31.1 miles) ⓘCommercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
52.9km (32.8 miles) ⓘJensen Quarry, Jurupa Mountains, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
59.8km (37.1 miles) ⓘBlack Raven prospect (Lankin; Newberry), Newberry Springs, Newberry Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
61.9km (38.5 miles) ⓘCalico District (Daggett District; Calico-Daggett area), Calico Mts (Calico Hills), San Bernardino County, California, USA
81.2km (50.5 miles) ⓘFeatherstone deposit (Feather-Stone Insulation Company), Charter Oak, Los Angeles County, California, USA
84.4km (52.5 miles) ⓘBagdad-Chase Mine (Barstow mill; Camp Rochester; Pacific Mine; Pacific Mines; Roosevelt Consolidated Mine; Buckeye-Stedman-Bagdad Chase Mine), Stedman, Stedman District (Ludlow; Rochester; Buckeye), Bullion Mts (Bullion Range), San Bernardino County, California, USA
88.1km (54.7 miles) ⓘOpal Mountains Agate Field prospect (Black Mountain; Black Mtn), Opal Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
89.2km (55.4 miles) ⓘOpal Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
91.1km (56.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Opal occurrence [1], Black Mountain [2], San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
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............................................ California....................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................Some mineral aggregates, such as clay, granite, limestone, sand, and sandstone, are included because they...mineralogic reports, especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota,...Bulletin, 1912. Eakle, A. S., Minerals of California: California State Min. Bur. Bull. 67, 1914. George
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specimens. Some mineral aggregates, as clay, granite, limestone, sand, and sandstone, are included, because they...H. Purdue, Nashville, Tenn. California........Mr. William H. Storms, San Francisco. Prof. A. F. Rogers...Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin.........Prof. W. 0. Hotchkiss...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Report (issue)
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ALLUVIAL BASINS REGIONAL AQUIFER-SYSTEMS ANALYSIS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY By W. R. Moyle...Open-File Report 85-695 ro ro I Sacramento, California 1986 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...from: District Chief U.S. Geological Survey 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2234 Sacramento, California 95825...-------Southern California and offshore-------------------------Arizona, California, Mexico, and Nev...gory 5: Southern California and offshore------------Category 6: Arizona, California, Mexico, and Nevada------
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southwestern District of Mackenzie in the Northwest Territories of Canada to southern California in the United...Province, which includes the southwesternmost District of Mackenzie, northeastern and southeastern British...eastern Nevada, Utah, western Colorado, southern California, and most of Arizona in the United States (fig...northwestern Washington, central Oregon, and northern California were in different zoogeographic provinces during...shaly limestone unit) of central Utah and possibly in the lower part of the Tin Mountain Limestone of southern
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Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil photo...graders at the Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley, spearheaded a campaign in 2014 to propose exactly...to my Representative, Mark Finchem (R-District 11, Oro Valley), asking him to be the primary sponsor...cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. 6 Supplement to The...Candee Gold, 2.3 cm, from the Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Ken Donn photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink)
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section on Paleontology, by Joseph Lintz, Jr. CC. California, Oregon, and Washington, by Richard B. Saul,...·-------------------------------------------------------CC. California, Oregon, and Washington, by Richard B. Saul,...from Lee County in the southeast corner of the State northwestward to southeastern Kossuth County in north-central...of Mississippian rock units are found along the valley of the Mississippi River from southeastern Iowa...of formations farther south in the Mississippi Valley that are thicker and more uniform in lithology
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Obradovich, J. D. 1 1965, Age of marine Pleistocene of California: Am. Aasoc. Petroleum Geologists, v. 49 1 no...7 1 p. 1087 1 for the Pleistocene of southern California. ll Geoloaical Society of London, 1964 1 The...Names and definitions of the geological units of California: U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. 826. 4. Wilmarth, M...74, Ph miles east of Dutchtown, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Type section cut by northtrending fault with...stream in NEIA sec. 33, T. 16 N., R. 14 E, Wayne County. Named after village of Abington, about 3 miles
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Pelckmans Reisbelevenissen in Nevada en Oregon (USA) De reis die Herwig en zijn gezin dit jaar maakte...carbonaatcyanotrichiet van de Jomac mine, Utah, USA aangeboden. Meer details hierover vindt U elders...amphibole from the Kajlidongri manganese mine, Jhabua District, madhya Pradesh, India 428-440 Luminescence study...Magnetit 2-6 Ausbruch des Mount St. Helens (Washington, USA) 7-14 StrahlerportrÀt : Wolfgang José 15-17 JubilÀums-Ausstellung...Plumbogummit, vier von der ehemaligen Grube Espuela de San Miguel bei Villanueva de Cordoba, Spanien 183-189
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generics in map names may help define these meanings. A knob, top, bald, mountain, lead, and butte, for example...Rio Grande, Palo Alto, Canaveral, Sierra Nevada, San Bias, Sangre de Cristo, Ojo Caliente, and Colorado...locality, or civil division (city, village, or county) named for a physical feature is always listed...information is usually self-explanatory, for example: county seat. Feature Class (second column) The terms listed...their definitions. County (third column) This column lists the name of the county in which the entity
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10- - 14 32 ** . 11 39 12 42 % White Knob Limestone 13 ----- 42 *. 14 Age and paleontology...mining district I5~ - -- Copper Basin mining district --- 16 Little Wood River mining district - -... Tables Table 1. Chemical analyses of White Knob Limestone from near Mackay -- 5- 2. . . 45 ...Dolomite, Grand View Dolomite, and Three Forks 5 (Limestone, all of Devonian age, are the oldest rocks exposed...widespread; they are represented by the White Knob Limestone in the ! 12 |eastern part of the quadrangle
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commodities 78 ~anganese 78 Semiprecious gemstones 78 Limestone 79 Iron 79 Graphite in metamorphic rocks 79 Pegmatite...Boulder-Pioneer Wilderness Study Area, and the White Cloud-Boulder Roadless Area. The U.S. Geological...Mountains; and the southwestern tract covers the White Knob Mountains, Copper Basin, and the eastern part...sedimentary quartzite, argillaceous quartzite, local limestone and sandstone, and minor interbedded volcanic...deposited at this time ranged from dominantly limestone in the east, through clastic rocks, to dominantly
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............................................ California......................................................... California, northern counties....................................... California, southern counties...districts............... Map of northern counties of California, showing location of mining districts.......................... Map of southern counties of California, showing location of mining districts..........offices of the Survey at Denver, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco (Messrs. Chester Naramore, V. C. Heikes
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criticising the manuscript. Thanks are due to Dr. David White of the Geological Survey, for criticising the data...anthracite region 10. Structure section in Tazewell County, east of Richlands, southwest 8. 9. 12. 13. ...house and tipple, bituminous coal mine, Spring Valley, 111 Northern Interior coal field Composite section...showing distribution of oil fields 103 Map of California oil fields and pipe lines North-south section...structure of western field of Los 104 Angeles district 106 Section of Spindle Top oil field near Beaumont
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- i. Se ea. eee eee 310 U.S. 95 Weiser — Jordan Valley, Oregon .......... eeeeeseeeseeeeeeeesneeeseee...years ago Permian and _ Sandstone, shale, and limestone 15,000 feet Pennsylvanian __ thick in southern... Mississippian Phosphate rock. Dolomite and limestone 5000-10,000 feet thick in southern Idaho. Antler...central Idaho Devonian and Silurian Dolomite, limestone, and gypsum 2500 feet thick in southern Idaho...3500-6000 feet thick in central Idaho Ordovician Limestone and some quartzite 3000 feet thick in southern
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in . 247 Limestone Definition and origin Chalk Lithographic stone Hydraulic limestone Lime Uses Dolomite...lead-zinc ores of the Mississippi Silesia localities Valley. CHAPTER XXIV Metalliferous Deposits Formed Near...Washington Sumatra — The base-metal veins — The San Juan Colorado — General features — Telluride —Silverton...telluride of region, district district district district district district Nevada. CHAPTER XXV...Al—Interior types —Paragenesis — Gold-quartz veins the California and Victoria the Sierra type— Principal characteristics
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reduce maintenance to a Fifth Machinery St., San Company Francisco 7, Calif. ATLAS COPCO SSOR...Jersey COlfax 1-6800 930 Brittan Avenue San Carlos, California LYtell 1-0375 Biggest “EUC” Rear-Dumps...heavy off-highway service in construction, mine, quarry and industrial tons For work under large loading...EDITORIAL AND EXECUTIVE 500 Howard Street San Francisco 5, California EXbrook 7-1881 Field OFFICES G. eorge...United Kingdom Operations Murray Hill 3-9294 District BUYERS J-/26 Denny York City Office 370 Lexington
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Buffalo, N. Y. California Academy of Sciences: Proceedings, 4th ser., vol. 1, pp. 1-6. San Francisco, Cal...Cal. California Journal of Technology, vols. 8-10. Berkeley, Cal. California Physical Geography Club:...Club: Bulletin, vol. 1. Oakland, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Report of Board of Trustees for 1902...1904, and 1906; Bulletins, nos. 21-49. San Francisco, Cal. California, University of, Department of Geology:...10,11, 12, pp. 1-94. Davenport, Iowa. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 1, nos
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listed on pages A253A258. Numerous Federal, State, county, and municipal agencies listed on pages A205-A210...--------------------39 Nevada -----------------------------40 California ---------------------------41 IIawaii and Guam...-------------------------------Shield area and Upper Mississippi Valley _______ _ Michigan --------------------------------Wisconsin...structural geology _______ _ Nevada and eastern California ________ _ Utah --------------------------------Arizona... Oregon ----------------------------------97 California -------------------------------Klamath Mountains
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admission of California to the Union, the approaching Civil War, flaming early California politics—and... 2—International Desert Cavalcade, Calexico, California. Historical pageant and fiesta. Mar. 7-9—Rocky...playground, 6160 Denker avenue, Los Angeles, California. C i r c u l a t i o n of t h i s i s s u e...Publishing Company, 636 State Street, El Centro, California. Entered as second class matter October 11, 1937...1937, at the post office at El Centro, California, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Title registered No
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anonymous papers, placed at the end of Part I Co. county cos. · counties CORPORATE AUTHORS. Am G American...Natural Histor: Cal Ac Sc California Academy of Sciences Cal M As California Miners' Association Cal St...St :M Bur California State Mining Bureau Can G S Canada, Geological Survey Can :M Br Canada, Mines Branch...09b Geologic history, application of biology to: White (C A), 86b Geologic history of myriapods and arachnids:...history of North American continent: Hall, 69, 83m; White (C A), 85c Geologic science, relation to education:
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Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, v. 63, no. 1, p. 15-28. White, W. H., Erickson, G. P., Northcote, K. E., Dirom...adopted) (of Frederick Limestone) Upper Cambrian (Franconian) Frederick Valley, western Maryland Reinhardt...adopted as middle of three members of Frederick Limestone. Overlies Rocky Springs Station Member of Frederick;...central Wyoming, lithology of Amsden's Ranchester Limestone Member changed to: Ranchester Dolomite Member...General geology and mines of the East Tintic mining district, Utah and Juab Counties, Utah: U.S. Geological
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Lithographic eral deposits limestone— Definition and origin stone^Hydraulic limestone ^Lime Uses— Dolomite...lead-zmc ores of the Mississippi valley Arkansas Upper Mississippi valley- Virginia and Tennessee— Southeastern...Southeastern Missouri Genesis of the Mississippi valley deposits— Northern Rhodesia. ('‘haractenstic — ...veins—Occurrence veins—Cripple Creek— Gold veins— The San Juan Republic, Washington — Sumatra— The — Telluride... region, district district-“' — — — Rico district—Lake City district— Creede district Summary C'asapaica
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geology Allochthonous Paleozoic blocks in the Tertiary San Luis-Upper Arkansas graben, Colorado, by R. E. Van...density logs, Nevada Test Site and Hot Creek Valley, Nyo County, Nev., by D. L. HealeY------------------...and Salinian basement terranes between Cape San Martin and San Luis Obispo, Calif., by W. F. Hanna-----...Lawrence County, S.Dak., by R. W. BayleY-------------------------------High-calcium limestone deposits...deposits in Lanc~ster County, southeastern Pennsylvania, by A. E. Becher and Harold Meisler~Geology and mineral
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Buffalo, N. Y. California Academy of Sciences: Proceedings, 4th ser., vol. 3, pp. 1-48. San Francisco, Gal...Gal. California Journal of Technology, vol. 11, nos. 1, 2, vol. 12, nos. 1-4. Berkeley, Cal. California... vol. 1, no. 3, vol. 2, no. 1. Oakland, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Report of Board of Trustees...Trustees for 1908; Bulletins nos. 50, 53. San Francisco, Cal. California, University of, Department of Geology:...Bulletins, nos. 10-12. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 3, nos
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crystalline rocks Maine 1. Rocks from Aroostook 'County 2. Miscellaneous rocks5 v New Hampshire 5 Vermont...rocks New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland and the District of Columbia 1. Peridotite and pyroxenite 2. Gabbro...Carolina Georgia Kentucky 1.. Elliott County dike 2. Crittenden County dike Tennessee Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma...1. Marquette region, Michigan 2. Crystal Falls district, Michigan 5 3. Keweenaw Point, Michigan 4. Menominee...region 6. Pigeon Point, Minnesota 5 7. Mesabi district, Minnesota 8. Miscellaneous rocks from Minnesota
 
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