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Opal from
Afton Canyon, Afton, Cady Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Canyon
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Afton Canyon, Afton, Cady Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:157888
Long-form Identifier:1:3:157888:1
GUID (UUID V4):9b3f5d52-ed49-4440-8f17-304d379f6eb7
Localities for Opal in this Region
Mojave River Road, Afton Canyon, Afton, Cady Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
6.9km (4.3 miles) ā“˜Mojave River Road, Afton Canyon, Afton, Cady Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
23.1km (14.4 miles) ā“˜C-Site, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) ā“˜Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
30.7km (19.1 miles) ā“˜Aga Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
43.7km (27.1 miles) ā“˜Black Raven prospect (Lankin; Newberry), Newberry Springs, Newberry Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
47.5km (29.5 miles) ā“˜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
59.3km (36.9 miles) ā“˜Calico District (Daggett District; Calico-Daggett area), Calico Mts (Calico Hills), San Bernardino County, California, USA
74.5km (46.3 miles) ā“˜New Method Mine, Amboy area, Bristol Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
83.1km (51.6 miles) ā“˜Opal Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
83.8km (52.1 miles) ā“˜Opal Mountains Agate Field prospect (Black Mountain; Black Mtn), Opal Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
activity within the Eastern California Shear Zone from Uā€“Pb dating of fault-zone opal Perach Nuriel a,b,āˆ— ,...Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA Geological Survey of Israel, 32 Yeshayahu Leibowitz...Survey, 345 Middleļ¬eld Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Editor: A. Yin Keywords: Uā€“Pb SHRIMP opal fault dating Eastern California Shear Zone a b s t r a c t Reconstructions...dating of fault-related opal from secondary fault segments within the Eastern California Shear Zone (ECSZ)
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...MONTEREY COUNTY SAN BENITO JADEITE CINNABAR LOCALITY DARWIN MINERALS . BAKER'S DOZEN RED ROCK CANYON AND LAST...LAST CHANCE CANYON KERN COUNTY DRY LAICOUNTY ONYX DEPOSIT WILDROSE CANYON . . . . . BROWN
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on collecting. by DAROLD J. HENRY Author of California Gem Trails, Gem Trail Journal, The Rock Collector's...naturalist, a minerĀ­ alogist, and an educator in California schools as well as a writer of many articles... 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 (edition)
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...NORTHER:-J CALIFORNIA SONO J\IA OUN TY ANTA RO A . H Ui\IDOLOT O NTY GARl3ERV I LLE: SAN BEN ITO COUN...JADEIT E: S AN BEN IT O JADE SKETCH . J\IONTEREY COUNTY i\fON TEREY NEPHRITF. S IU,TCH PARKPIELO DISTRICT...ONYX INYO COUNTY ONYX DEPOSIT SKET CH DEATH VALLEY . TIN MOUNTAIN . . BAD\VATER ARTIST CANYON TRAIL CANYON
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in Canon Rio de las Anima.s (Afton Canyon) in the Mojave Desert, California. Photo by Jerry Strong. I...$2.00 Published By G E M B O O K S MENTONE CALIFORNIA 92359 Copyright @ 1966 by Gembooks T A B...Chalfant Valley Petroglyphs 9 Cerro Gordo 9 Sacatar Canyon 10 Carthage Creek 11 Deep Springs Crystals 11 Crystal...Crystals Near Cinco 19 El Paso Mountains 20 Ricardo Basalt 20 Cowden Opal Mine 20 Hidden Forest 20 Ricardo...19) Red Rock Canyon Area 22 Dry Falls and Roaring Ridge 22 Buried Petrified Forest 23 Canyon View Wood 23
Journal (issue)
Heiier. Explodes myth that Anza founded city of San Francisco and other interesting data related to Anza...Highly amusing, good history. Hardcover, $5.95. CALIFORNIA MISSION PAINTINGS by Edwin Deakin. Paintings...Guide to the Sierra San Pedro Martir and Sierra Juarez of upper Baja California. Paper, $2.95. OLD-TIMERS...OLD-TIMERS OF SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA by Lester Reed. Recounts episodes of pioneers covering an area from...from Owens Lake to Anza-Borrego and from San Bernardino east to Twentynine Palms. Spiral-bound. $5.95. ARIZONA:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ON TERTIARY SEDIMENTATION IN S O U T H E R N CALIFORNIA ALLEN F. G L A Z N E R and DANA P. LOOMIS Department...fracture zone on Tertiary sedimentation in southern California. Sediment. Geol., 38: 287-303. The age and paleogeographic...to late Tertiary fluvial deposits in southern California are consistent with the theory that subduction...Tertiary fluvial sedimentation in the southern California area was strongly influenced by passage of the...accompanied the termination of subduction at the California coast in the late Oligocene and Miocene (Atwater
Journal (issue)
KDES-FM-STEREO 105 611 South Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, California 92262 Phone (714) 325-1211 WILLIAM...MONUMENT TUNNEL TO OBLIVION DEATH VALLEY'S TITUS CANYON GOLD IN CENTRAL PARK! THE COVER: Containing as...Holbrook. Photograph by Robert F. Campbell, Concord, California. THE PECULIAR PECCARY AGATE IN THE ALVORD HILLS...ADVERTISING OFFICES: 74-109 Larrea St., Palm Desert, California 92260. Telephone Area Code 714 346-8144. Listed...monthly. Second class postage paid at Palm Desert, California and at additional mailing offices under Act of
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varieties, with favorite location of quartz agate, opal wood ā€” collectors. The petrified gems throughout... tell about other quartz varieties such as the opal, and petrified wood; and to give him the most complete...ā€” the agate. Lelande Quick La Jolla (San Diego), California Vll Acknowledgments After book a...collecting in several states, par- ticularly in California. To refresh been made my memory and to ...Boyer of La Jolla, California. Lelande Quick La Jolla (San Diego), California IX Contents Preface
Journal (issue)
OCTOBER, 1971 , 50j Desert Magazine Book Shop CALIFORNIA by David Muench and Ray Atkeson. Two of the West's...vibrations of the oceans, lakes, mountains and deserts of California. Their photographic presentations...is the story of the 1906 stampede to the Black Mountains and how $30,000,000 disappeared. Paperback, historic...material, 86 pages $2.50. TRAVEL GUIDES TO BAJA CALIFORNIA by Ken and Caroline Bates. Published the Editors...companion piece to Gerhard and Gulick's Lower California Handbook and Cliff Cross's Baja by Road, Airplane
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ties and forms of quartz gems other than agate, opal and its varieties, and petrified wood a great favorite...tell abot1t otl1er Cttiartz varieties st1ch as the opal, jasper, ancl petrified wood; a11d to give l1in1...Wilcla Boyer of La Jolla, California. AFTER A 1 Lt::LANDJ:: Qu1cK La Jolla (San Dicg;o), (ialifor11ia...chryso1)rase, tigereye, and common and preciot1s opal. In the gen eral 01)inion of n1ost collectors, chalced...t1nemployed tramped the hills and valleys in California in search of more gold, and they brought home
Book (edition)
crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are famous for Lava known...and Washington occur the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate...crystal and a cut specimen of kunzite. Found in California, kunzite lilac or Diamond in matrix. Rough...River country of Utah or the far southern part of California, is no place for a human being in the summer;...material that cannot be taken away. Some of the California thunder egg localities have been ravaged who
Journal (issue)
THE TIME Stove Pipe Wells Hotel Death Valley California Home of the Famous Annual BURRO-FLAPJACK CONTEST...George Palmer Putnam. Season: October 1 to June 1 SAN JUAN and COLORADO RIVER EXPEDITIONS Enjoy exploration...Between Coachella and Imperial Valleys in Southern California lies Salton Sea, California's largest body of...(Resident Owners) Hwy. I l l , Palm Desert. California midway between Indio and Palm Springs. All Electric...Camping Trip to Corn Springs, Chuckawalla Mountains, California. Jan. 6ā€”Buffalo Dance, El Dia de Los Tres
Journal (issue)
ENCLOSING TOURMALINE (Tourmalinated Quartz) Jefferson County, Montana ā€¢) ROCKS and Edited and Publlahed...THE MOJAVE By W. SCOTT LEWIS Tourists entering California by way of the Union Pacific from Salt Lake City...with barren mountains, and wish it didn't take so long to reach the orange groves of the San Gabriel Valley...walked into the Monagan & Murphy Bank at Needles, California, and deposited. $57,000 in gold which they said...prospecting in the beautiful Cascade Mountains, in Deschutes County, Oregon, by chance I ran across a deposit
Book (volume)
..........................................49 California ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
Book (volume)
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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ROADSIDE 4% JrEoLocy or SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTHUR GIBBS SYLVESTER AND ELIZABETH Oā€™ BLACK GANS IGagsine... IGagsine ~%_ JEOLOGY of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTHUR GIBBS SYLVESTER ILLUSTRATED BY ELIZABETH Oā€™BLACK...based on the 2010 Geologic Map of California, published by the California Geological Survey, and on maps...Elizabeth, 1971- Title: Roadside geology of southern California / Arthur Gibbs Sylvester and Elizabeth Oā€™Black...paper) Subjects: LCSH: Geologyā€”California, Southernā€”Guidebooks. | California, Southernā€”Guidebooks. Classification:
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California .................................................467 Appendix D - The Various names & Forms of Opal .......................................473 Appendix...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California .................................................469 Appendix D - The Various names & Forms of Opal .......................................475 Appendix...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Johnson, of Napa, California; Norman and Betty Lemkau of Castro Valley, California; Herbert V. Corbett...thousands of amateurs venture every year into the mountains and deserts of North America, they enjoy not only...and the Grand Canyon, the Oregon and Washington beaches, the Mojave desert of California and the Sonoran...up during a stroll on a beach or a hike in the mountains first aroused their interest. earth sciences
Journal (issue)
SHOP 74-425 Highway 111 at Deep Canyon Road Palm Desert, California WILLIAM and JOY KNYVETT Co-Publishers/...Microfilms CONTENTS F E A T U R E S DARWIN, CALIFORNIA . . . AND THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT IT 8 Annis Cuppett...Utah. Photo by David Muench of Santa Barbara, California. A PEEK IN THE PUBLISHER'S POKE 5 William...74-425 Highway 111, P. 0. Box 1318, Palm Desert, California 92260. Telephone Area Code 714 346-8144. SUBSCRIPTION...monthly. Second class postage paid at Palm Desert, California and at additional mailing offices under Act of
Journal (issue)
Voynick By Bob Jones 20 SOUTHWEST SUMMER Exploring San Juan Mountain Mining History 50 FIELD TRIP FOCUS...Faceting Focus.....................26 68 EVOLUTION IN OPAL APPRECIATION Village Smithy Opals By Antoinette...received a shipment of High Grade Welo opal from Ethiopia-posting new opal parcels daily. Please call or order...elevation of 8,850 feet in southwest Coloradoā€™s San Juan Mountains, a relatively young range of 14,000-foot-high...after the Laramide Orogeny had uplifted the Rocky Mountains 65 million years ago. Following the Laramide uplift
Journal (issue)
solitude for two months as he hiked through the Grand Canyon. Combining his physical prowess with Thoreau-like...Superstition Mountains looking for the Lost Dutchman mine and into the Trigo Mountains in search of Nummel's...MINES OF DEATH VALLEY G. T. MAMMALS OF DEEP CANYON by R. Mark Ryan. A study of the habits of more...more than 40 animals living in the Deep Canyon Research Area in the Colorado Desert. The site was selected...ORDER (Not Each Book) for handling and mailing California residents add 5 percent sales tax, regardless
Journal (issue)
always different, always thrilling show. Indio, California, is the setting for the International Date Festival...vermin calling contest, Chandler. February 1 ā€” Black Canyon Saddle Club Gymkhana, Phoenix. February 2-15 ā€”...FLOAT TRIPS ON THE SAN JUAN RIVER, GRAND CANYON, RIVER OF NO RETURN. HELL'S CANYON Mexican Hat Expeditions...this wonderful canyon, soon to be covered bv rising lake waters. Mexican Hat's GLEH CANYON BOATIM, Inc...Inc. WHITE CANYON, UTAH February 11-15ā€”Third Annual Sport Show, Arizona Game Protective Ass'n, State Fairgrounds
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prices. 1633 EAST WALNUT STREET PASADENA 4, CALIFORNIA. PHONLSY6-6423 OPEN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY...dance festival, Globe, Arizona. Nov. 11-12-13ā€”Clark County Gem Collectors Mineral and Gem show, U. S. Naval...Volume 13 Because of conflict with other southern California events, date of the Death Valley Centennial pageant...pageant to be presented in Desolation canyon of the Funeral range has been changed from November 19 to...DEATH VALLEY MEMORIES, by Don Mohr Los Angeles, California CALENDAR November events on the desert TRAVEL
 
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