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Chalcedony from
Midway Well, Paymaster Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA


Locality type:Well
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1 photo of Chalcedony associated with Quartz at this locality.
Galena1 photo of Chalcedony associated with Galena at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Midway Well, Paymaster Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1081043
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1081043:3
GUID (UUID V4):371ad006-e7da-4a28-b3c5-39f9be43625d
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony
20.8km (12.9 miles) Potato Patch, Hauser beds (Hauser Geode beds; Hauser Beds Mine), Thumb Peak, Palo Verde Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
21.1km (13.1 miles) Thumb Peak, Palo Verde Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) Hauser beds (Hauser Geode beds; Hauser Beds Mine), Thumb Peak, Palo Verde Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) Twin Buttes Agate fields, Palo Verde, Palo Verde Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
23.3km (14.5 miles) Unnamed Fire Agate site [1], Black Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) Opal Hill Mine, Mule Mountains District (Hodges Mountain District), Riverside County, California, USA
26.2km (16.3 miles) Black Hills, Imperial County, California, USA
26.2km (16.3 miles) Unspecified Fire Agate occurrences [1], Mule Mountains District (Hodges Mountain District), Riverside County, California, USA
27.6km (17.1 miles) Red Cloud Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
30.9km (19.2 miles) Wiley's Well, Mule Mountains District (Hodges Mountain District), Riverside County, California, USA
References
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Report (issue)
Archive in 2012 with funding from University of California, Davis Libraries http://www.archive.org/det... PHYSICAL SCI. COUNTY REPORT 7 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Uk QeoloKftf...R&daubced. oj COUNTY IMPERIAL Gedifansua By Paul K. Morton Geologist COUNTY REPORT California Division...Sand Hills, as viewed toward the northwest from County Park. The prevailing wind direction, as indicated...observer and slightly to the right. Photo STATE OP CALIFORNIA EDMUND G. BROWN GOVERNOR JR. THE RESOURCES
Report (volume)
MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN THE PAYMASTER MINING DISTRICT IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA BY JARVIS B. HADLEY Strategic...of the western part of the Paymaster manganese district, Imperial County, Calif... .......... 0 ... In...workings, veins No. 1 and No. 2, Tolbard mine, Paymaster district , Calif*............................ In pocket...map of southeastern California showing location of the Paymaster manganese district ... o................ MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN THE PAYMASTER MINING DISTRICT, IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By Jarvis B. Hadley ABSTRACT
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES KENNETH I. FULTON, Director DIVISION OF MINES ... 38 State Mineralogist January, 1942 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA LIBRARY University of California DAViS 1 DIVISION OF MINES...LOGAN, District Mining Engineer C. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid J. _ Mining Engineer...Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Chas. V. Averii.l, District Mining
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DUSERT GUIDE by Horace Parker Second edition of this well-illustrated and documented book is enlarged considerably...is a "must" for desert travelers and botanists. Well illustrated with a text understandable by amateurs...fascinating data about a lost lake of gold in California, buried Aztec ingot in Arizona, kegs of coins...forgotten tribe that once owned the mountains towering above Palm Springs as well as its desert oasis. The few...boomcamp and bonanza. Rich in human interest as well as authen"ic history, this book covers ghosttowns
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festival, street dance, barbecue, parade. Beaumont, California. May 30-June 1—Desert peaks section, Sierra club...of Montgomery and Boundary peaks, White mountains, California-Nevada. May 30-June 3—Albuquerque Market...RED ROCK CANYON, California. Photograph by Fred H. Ragsdale, Los Angeles, California. CALENDAR June...Desert Press, Inc., 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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pine. If you want to know what the mine is worth, Well, loosen your shirt and tighten your girth If you...CRYSTALS By ALICE THSKMBSO-N HAWKINS San Pedro, California This luminous cluster of crystals had birth,...grew. DESERT GLEANING By AMY VIAU Santa Ana, California I cannot stay the dawn on desert sands, Nor tether...3-4—Annual Grants, New Mexico, Rodeo. July 3-5—De Baca County Mounted Patrol Rodeo, Fort Sumner, New Mexico....Mexico; Fireworks, Lancaster, California; Aquacade, Palmdale, California. July 4-5—Annual Round Valley
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on collecting. by DAROLD J. HENRY Author of California Gem Trails, Gem Trail Journal, The Rock Collector's...a miner­ alogist, and an educator in California schools as well as a writer of many articles and several... Gordon, 1810 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach, California No portions of this book may be reproduced in... I l ti CALIFORNIA GEM TRAILS TABLE OF CONTENTS * FOREWORD NORTHERN CALIFORNIA....................................... WARNER MOUNTAINS.................................... * 3 NORTHERN BORDER LOCALITY
Book
conditions on th P desert . are changing rapidly; Mining claims are filed, property, once open to collectors...and is punishable under the law. Do not disturb mining machinery or buildings, posted or not, they are...Anima.s (Afton Canyon) in the Mojave Desert, California. Photo by Jerry Strong. I DESErt TGEM TrtAJLS...$2.00 Published By G E M B O O K S MENTONE CALIFORNIA 92359 Copyright @ 1966 by Gembooks T A B...Sheep Springs 18 Crystals Near Cinco 19 El Paso Mountains 20 Ricardo Basalt 20 Cowden Opal Mine 20 Hidden
Book (edition)
A Field Guide to the Most Important Areas in California. by DAROLD J. HENRY, A.B., M.S. FIRST E D1T...AROLD J. HENRY 1781 Fleming Street P omona, California 2 GEM TRAIL JOURNAL Table of Contents FOREWORD...FOSSIL HUNTER SONOMA COUNTY HUMBOLDT COUNTY CARPENTERIA FOSSILS SAN MATEO COUNTY FOSSILS SANTA BARBARA...LEA VITT MEADOWS HIGH SIERRA GEM STONES MONTEREY COUNTY SAN BENITO JADEITE CINNABAR LOCALITY DARWIN MINERALS...CANYON AND LAST CHANCE CANYON KERN COUNTY DRY LAICOUNTY ONYX DEPOSIT WILDROSE CANYON . .
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..........................................49 California ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
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R-m DESERT FEVER f An Overview of Mining in the California Desert Larry M. Vredenburgh Gary L. Shumway...Russell D. Hartill Living West Press Canoga Park, California Copyright c 1981 by Russell D. Hartill, Gary...an overview of mining in cl981, S. F. PUBLIC LIBRARX This publication and related mining and historical...Edition of Desert Fever: An Overview of Mining in the California Desert has been limited to 1,000 copies...Future Imperial County 7 Riverside County 24 San Bernardino County Kern County 181 Inyo County 222 58
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..........................................39 California ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...ocher. (Such deposits were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1
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..........................................39 California ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...ocher. (Such deposits were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1
Journal (issue)
Nov. 3-4—Annual Fall Road Races, Palm Springs, California. Nov. 3-4—Copper Giant Rodeo, Ajo, Arizona. Nov...Calif. Nov. 9-12 — Eighth Annual Death Valley, California, Encampment. (See page 20.) Nov. 10-11—Rodeo...Nov. 14-17—Annual Western Week, Palm Springs, California. Nov. 15—Annual Desert Outings by Visitors Club...Rodeo, Victorville, California. Nov. 18—Founders Day Picnic, Palm Springs, California. Nov. 22—Desert Sun...Florence, Arizona. Nov. 24-25—Annual Rodeo, Needles, California. Nov. 28-30—Nevada State Farm Bureau Convention
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efficiently ty1)ecl by Wilcla Boyer of La Jolla, California. AFTER A 1 Lt::LANDJ:: Qu1cK La Jolla (San...p op11lar impression amon g rockhot1nds that chalcedony is a form of agate, ust1ally a term t1 sed specifically...the reverse js tr11e, for agate is a forn1 of chalcedony. It is n ot kno,vn how this word (pronot1nced...group. The diamond is not rare b11t the market is well controlled. H ardness makes for dt1rability and...jasper, or conglomeratio11 of cemented pebbles in chalcedony, and is called pudding stone in the gem trade
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in...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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THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...The Southwestern Quadrant Arizoni, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisicna, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...Mineral Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30 ana HOW TO USE...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text
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] \ 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
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colorful and fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana...to the end of 1974. John Sinkankas San Diego, California July, 1975 JOHWSTUPAW.N19,901 Gene ay Derek...with digging vast quantities of coal, leveling mountains of iron ore, and tapping subterranean lakes of...resources have often been ignored. This is nowhere so well shown as in the tremendous North American geological...and optical properties of the species concerned as well as a discussion of color, quality, and other features
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that time when Fr. Garces was in charge of the district around Tucson, the mission was founded. For information...that, because of his way of life Marshal South is well qualified to express desert philosophy. Please note... MARY R. HYDE. Lost Gold . . . Los Angeles, California Dear Sir: I enjoy your magazine very much as...brother. After driving a short distance past the California state line the party took a short cut on a little...thanks to your efforts. WALTER LEE WOLFE. Selma, California Dear Mr. Henderson: Here is one more alleged
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Areas in California . By DAROLD J . HENRY, Assoc. Prof. Mt. San Anton io College Pomona, California SECOND...1850 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach 6, California No portions of this book moy be reproduced in..._3 TABLE OF CONTENTS PO R E WOHO NORTHER:-J CALIFORNIA SONO J\IA OUN TY ANTA RO A . H Ui\IDOLOT O NTY... J\IONTEREY COUNTY i\fON TEREY NEPHRITF. S IU,TCH PARKPIELO DISTRICT PARKPIELD DISTRICT KE:TCII S A:-J...CENTRAL AND EAST CALIFOR IA INYO CO UNTY ONYX INYO COUNTY ONYX DEPOSIT SKET CH DEATH VALLEY . TIN MOUNTAIN
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summer's sun. Rocks are clean; views to distant mountains are crystal clear. Spend a few days, a week, or...THE TIME Stove Pipe Wells Hotel Death Valley California Home of the Famous Annual Confirmed or Prospective...informal. Located in the California Desert just a mile West of the Imperial Dam For folder write: BARRETT...Pines Highway, Palm Springs, California. Dec. 5—Lecture "Indians of California" by Arthur and Donald Barr...Camping Trip to Stein's Rest Oasis, near lndio, California. Dec. 12—Desert Sun Ranchers' Rodeo, Wickenburg
 
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