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Cerussite from
Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Cerussite
Formula:PbCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Khinite8 photos of Cerussite associated with Khinite at this locality.
Chlorargyrite2 photos of Cerussite associated with Chlorargyrite at this locality.
Timroseite2 photos of Cerussite associated with Timroseite at this locality.
Quartz2 photos of Cerussite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Hemimorphite1 photo of Cerussite associated with Hemimorphite at this locality.
Murdochite1 photo of Cerussite associated with Murdochite at this locality.
Mcalpineite1 photo of Cerussite associated with Mcalpineite at this locality.
Mojaveite1 photo of Cerussite associated with Mojaveite at this locality.
Chrysocolla1 photo of Cerussite associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Fluorite1 photo of Cerussite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cerussite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1319725
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1319725:4
GUID (UUID V4):47c0da5d-3f10-4348-95c1-a48173ae1de5
Localities for Cerussite in this Region
Aga Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Bird Nest E3, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Library Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
NE2 vein, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Ridge Ledge prospect, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
SW cut, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Cerussite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Bird Nest E3, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) Ridge Ledge prospect, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) Library Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) NE2 vein, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) SW cut, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Aga Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.4km (6.5 miles) Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.4km (6.5 miles) Upper 2A-Site, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.4km (6.5 miles) Lower 2A-Site, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rare Secondary Tellurium Minerals Otto Mountain near Baker, California at Including Seven New Species...Species A mere six years ago Otto Mountain was completely unknown to the mineralogical world. That changed...associated with native gold at the Aga mine on Otto Mountain. Within a week, he identified the green crystals...Southern California Friends of Mineralogy Mineral Localities Symposium, held at Shoshone, California, in late...interested enough to join in an exploration of Otto Mountain the following day. ROBERT M. HOUSLEY division
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new minerals from the central Mojave Desert, California, USA S. J. MILLS1,*, A. R. KAMPF2, A. G. CHRISTY3...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA Centre for Advanced...Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA 220 South Buena Vista... Redlands, CA 92373, USA 5199 E. Silver Oak Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA [Received 6 March 2014;...shaft, Blue Bell claims, near Baker, San Bernardino County, California, while cotype localities for mojaveite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2010 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: I. Ottoite, Pb2TeO5, a new mineral...History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Division...and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 3 Department...British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada 4 3457 E. Silver Oak Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 5 3898 S. Newport...tellurate from Otto Mountain near Baker, California. Most of the mining on Otto Mountain occurred between
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 2.512 (100), 4.403 (91), 1.570...1.05 10.65 100.00 (1) Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 5 electron microprobe...Association: Cerussite, chrysocolla, khinite, perite, quartz (Aga mine); andradite, chrysocolla, cerussite, burckhardtite...claims, Soda Mountains, 11 km west of Baker, and the Aga mine and Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino...Bernardino County, central Mojave Desert, California, USA. Name: For the Mojave Desert, USA, where the first
Report (issue)
Pattern: Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 2.614 (100), 2.999 (97)...00 (1) Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 4 electron microprobe...brecciation of quartz veins. Association: Khinite, cerussite, goethite, hematite. Distribution: From the Bird...drift, SW flank of Otto Mountain, near Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: Honors Jerry...Jerry A. Baird (b. 1940) of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, USA. Baird, a mineral collector for 45 years, has
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: SW Cut, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino Co., California, USA. 2.967 (100), 3.927 (80)...1.35 100.00 (1) SW Cut, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino Co., California, USA; average electron microprobe...tellurides, chalcopyrite, and galena. Association: Cerussite, fuettererite, thorneite (holotype); caledonite...(cotype), Otto Mountain, 2.5 km west northwest of Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA. Name: Honors...Nevada, USA, a mineral collector who in recent years focused on deposits in the Goodsprings district, Nevada
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Otto Mountain, near Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA. 3.174 (100), 2.597...86 1.10 100.00 (1) Otto Mountain, near Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA; average electron microprobe...chalcopyrite and galena. Association: Acanthite, cerussite, hematite, khinite, phosphohedyphane, thorneite...mine) on Otto Mountain, 2.5 km west northwest of Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA. Name: Honors...to 1825 or 1826), an Austrian mineralogist and mining engineer who discovered tellurium in 1782. Type
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2010 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: III. Thorneite, Pb6(Te6+ 2 O10)(CO3)Cl2(H2O)...History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Division...Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 3 3457 E. Silver Oak Road...Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 1 AbstRAct Thorneite, Pb6(Te O10)(CO3)Cl2(H2O), is a new tellurate...tellurate from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, named in honor of Brent Thorne. The new mineral occurs
Report (issue)
Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 3.195 (100), 2.942 (80)...84 3.72 0.84 100.00 (1) Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 3 EDS analyses...of the quartz veins. Association: Acanthite, cerussite, gold, hessite, iodargyrite, khinite-4O, wulfenite...Nest Drift, Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: Honors...Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA. Type Material: Natural
Report (issue)
Pattern: Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 3.224 (100), 3.351 (66)...00 (1) Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 3 electron microprobe...of the quartz veins. Association: Acanthite, cerussite, gold, hessite, iodargyrite, khinite, wulfenite...southwest flank of Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: Honors...Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA (62257, 62258, 62259 and 62260)
Report (issue)
Pattern: Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 2.857 (100), 3.750 (58)...00 (1) Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 4 electron microprobe...Acanthite, bromine-rich chlorargyrite, caledonite, cerussite, galena, goethite, linarite. Distribution: From...southwest flank of Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: Indicates...Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA (62513 and 62514). References: (1)
Report (issue)
2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 2.732 (100), 2.950 (88)...28.94 1.48 . 100.00 (1) Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 4 electron microprobe...with primary tellurides. Association: Acanthite, cerussite, bromine-rich chlorargyrite, chrysocolla, gold...southwest flank of Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. At the Vesley...Vesley mine, Granite Gap, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA. Name: Honors Timothy (Tim) P. Rose (b. 1960)
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Aga mine, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 3.029 (100), 4.771 (76)... 100.00 (1) Aga mine, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 4 electron microprobe...with primary tellurides. Association: Calcite, cerussite, housleyite, khinite-4O, markcooperite, timroseite...Aga mine, Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: A prefix...Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA (62263 and 62534). References: (1)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2010 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: VI. Telluroperite, Pb3Te4+O4Cl2...History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Department...Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 4 3457 E. Silver Oak Road...Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 5 3898 S. Newport Circle, Bountiful, Utah 84010, U.S.A. 1 AbStRAct...Pb3Te O4Cl2, is a new tellurite from Otto Mountain near Baker, California. The new mineral occurs on fracture
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)4, from Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA A. R. KAMPF1,*, S. J. MILLS2...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA Department of Earth...Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA [Received 13 November...secondary Te minerals at Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. It is very rare and occurs...discovery of larger crystals of munakataite at Otto Mountain afforded the opportunity to collect structure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2013 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: IX. Agaite, Pb3Cu2+Te6+O5(OH)2(CO3)...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Geosciences...Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 4 5199 E. Silver Oak Road...Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 1 Abstract Agaite, Pb3Cu2+Te6+O5(OH)2(CO3), is a new tellurate...tellurate from the Aga mine on Otto Mountain near Baker, California, U.S.A. The new mineral is known from only
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2010 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: II. Housleyite, Pb6CuTe4O18(OH)2...Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 3457 E. Silver Oak Road...Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 3 3898 S. Newport Circle, Bountiful, Utah 84010, U.S.A. 1 ABstRAct...Pb6CuTe4O18(OH)2, is a new tellurate from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, named in honor of Robert M. Housley...Housleyite is directly associated with acanthite, cerussite, gold, iodargyrite, khinite-4O, wulfenite, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2013 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: VIII. Fuettererite, 6+ Pb3Cu2+...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Geosciences...Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 4 5199 E. Silver Oak Road...Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 1 Abstract 6+ Fuettererite, Pb3Cu2+ 6 Te O6(OH)7Cl5, is a new...new tellurate from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, named for Otto Fuetterer who is largely responsible
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2013 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: X. Bairdite, Pb2Cu42+Te6+ 2 O10(OH)2(SO4)(H2O)...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Geosciences...Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 4 5199 E. Silver Oak Road...Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 5 3898 S. Newport Circle, Bountiful, Utah 84010, U.S.A. 1 Abstract...is a new tellurate-sulfate from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, U.S.A. It occurs in vugs in quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2010 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: V. Timroseite, Pb2Cu52+(Te6+O6)2(OH)2...History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Department...Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 4 3457 E. Silver Oak Road...Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 5 3898 S. Newport Circle, Bountiful, Utah 84010, U.S.A. 1 AbStRAct...)2, are two new tellurates from Otto Mountain near Baker, California. Timroseite is named in honor of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2010 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: IV. Markcooperite, Pb(UO2)Te6+O6...History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Department...Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 4 3457 E. Silver Oak Road...Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 5 3898 S. Newport Circle, Bountiful, Utah 84010, U.S.A. 1 AbStRAct...Pb2(UO2)Te O6, is a new tellurate from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, named in honor of Mark A. Cooper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2013 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: XI. Eckhardite, (Ca,Pb)Cu2+Te6+O5(H2O)...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Geosciences...Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 4 5199 E. Silver Oak Road...Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 5 3898 S. Newport Circle, Bountiful, Utah 84010, U.S.A. 1 Abstract...is a new tellurate mineral from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, U.S.A. It occurs in vugs in quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
September/October: Silver crystals, Bachelor mine, Amethyst vein system, Mineral County, Colorado; Dave...Nevada, 515 Annabergite, Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece, R. B. Cook, 154–59 Apatite, nomenclature...Mistaken Identities, A. L. Guth, 456–58 Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum, 280 Arkansas, wavellite, 346–50... 124–32 Bahmann, U., Raspite from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia, 272–74 Baileychlore, 319 Bailey, D....Contributed Papers in Specimen Mineralogy Benitoite, California, 20 Bernstein, M., 444–45 Beryl, New Mexico,
Journal (issue)
Leicht KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle... Gressman tom.gressman@minrec.org The Tintic District: Juab and Utah Counties, Utah...................Moore tpmoore1@cox.net Ferrierite from the Kamloops Lake area, southern British Columbia...................CLINOCLASE, 3.9 cm, from the Mammoth mine, Tintic District, Utah. Rock Currier collection; Jeff Scovil photo...of a pascoite group mineral at a mine in Grand County, Utah. Died, Alex Earl, 26 Jayson Alexander (“Alex”)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, USA: XII. Andychristyite, PbCu2+Te6+O5(H2O)...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA Department of Geological...Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA [Received 10 September...a new tellurate mineral from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, USA. It occurs in vugs in quartz in...spectroscopy, hcp layers, eckhardite, Otto Mountain, California. Introduction ANDYCHRISTYITE is the 14th
 
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