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Silver from
Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Silver
Formula:Ag
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sepiolite1 photo of Silver associated with Sepiolite at this locality.
Tsumebite1 photo of Silver associated with Tsumebite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Silver data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:521733
Long-form Identifier:1:3:521733:5
GUID (UUID V4):1b5e74db-4db5-41d8-9105-99a862b740a0
Localities for Silver in this Region
B-Site, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Silver
0.2km (0.1 miles) B-Site, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.2km (6.3 miles) Library Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) Bird Nest E3, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) Aga Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.9km (6.8 miles) NE2 vein, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
30.9km (19.2 miles) Riggs Mine (Alta Mine [incorrect]), Riggs, Silurian Hills, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
56.4km (35.1 miles) Grapevine District, Paradise Range, San Bernardino County, California, USA
59.4km (36.9 miles) Mohawk Mine, Mohawk Hill, Clark Mountain District (Clark District), Clark Mts (Clark Mountain Range), San Bernardino County, California, USA
68.5km (42.5 miles) Colosseum Mine (Colosseum Gorge prospect; Ivanpah Consolidated Mine; Glitter Gorge; Cal group), Clark Mountain, Clark Mountain District (Clark District), Clark Mts (Clark Mountain Range), San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
CRYSTALS NOT PISTOLS I THE BLUE BELL CLAIMS San Bernardino County, California by Millard F. Maynard, Editor...and Jean Hall Mac and Elyga Mansfield San Bernardino County Museum Department of Earth Sciences 2024...2024 Orange Tree Lane Redlands, California 92373 January 1984 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface 2 Introduction...PREFACE This report has been prepared by San Bernardino County Museum volunteers. It is one of a series...on the mines in this county. Mining activity for metals in San Bernardino County has been very limited
Journal (issue)
to preserve and promote the unique geologic and mining heritage of Wisconsin while underscoring the importance...brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...finely powdered obsidian rock obtained from Clear Lake in Oregon. It is used to validate the methods and...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a
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of this issue - an almost abstracc imagewith tiny blue zoned spangolie-es,surrounded by a sea of pale green...Cave Puzzle. The Tri-state MiningDistrict in the USA is not quite such an exocic c" ,;0·1 :\nd galena...on the Cononish Gold Mine in Uncertainty at Scotland's Only Operating Gold Mine. While Clive was crafting...Andy Banthorpe was uncovering the history of old silver mines in which enjoy Nevada's slightly warmer climes...with tables covered with microscopes and boxes of mine and a buzz of conversation and enjoyment. It was
Book
MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
Book
^ '“ P r . . . I West Orange SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY 9048 00992838 7 257989 R q549...q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T 5 w! balJ E...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals
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Microscopic Finds from The Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, San Bernadino Co., California Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral...tony@excaliburmineral.com The Blue Bell Mine, within the unincorporated community of Zzyzx, has yielded over 100...with mines of the same name in nearby Baker, California (or those identically named in Nevada, Colorado...adits and stopes collectively known as the Blue Bell Mine here has had a prolific history among mineral...collectors, the property is well known to many California collectors. From a field trip there in 2008,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tellurium Minerals Otto Mountain near Baker, California at Including Seven New Species A mere six...crystals associated with native gold at the Aga mine on Otto Mountain. Within a week, he identified the...Southern California Friends of Mineralogy Mineral Localities Symposium, held at Shoshone, California, in late...and Planetary Sciences California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 91125 rhousley@its.caltech...Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007 akampf@nhm.org STUART
Report (volume)
............................................ California....................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
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Library] at 07:06 06 January 2015 Klamath Cascade Mountains Range I 396 ROCKS & MINERALS Modoc Plateau...Library] at 07:06 06 January 2015 Even though California is known as the “Golden State, ” it could also...the Tourmaline State, or the Colemanite State. California is, in fact, one of the world’s greatest sources...localities, the reader is encouraged to consult the “California Locality Index” (Kampf et al. 1989). The bibliography...great deal from the many publications of the California Division of Mines and Geology. The most valuable
Book
r '* - < s i. \ \ ■ MAR 2 3 1983 SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY 223 0069 4304 \/w jin'll DATE...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...bellboys, but just the distant tinkle of Jennie B’s bell, the plaintive tweet of a night bird, and often
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of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ..................... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...Ramona in e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey...Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences
Report (issue)
IgtmmtSlTY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University...University of California, Davis Libraries http://archive.org/details/reportofstatemin15cali CALIFORNIA STATE...STATE MINING BUREAU FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO ^LETCHER HAMILTON State Mineralogist [December, 1917...1917 San Francisco] REPORT XV OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST Mines and Mineral Resources OF PORTIONS OF ... CALIFORNIA Chapters of State Mineralogist's Report Biennial Period 1915-1916 CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING
Book
353-416 257-320 321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986...15th annual FM-TGMS-MSA Mineralogical Symposium: silver (chairman R. W. Graeme) 25:69-76 New minerals recently...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298
Report (issue)
] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF...DIVISION Director OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO OLAF San Francisco P. 11 JENKINS, Chief BULLETIN...BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia, Los Angek...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: I. Ottoite, Pb2TeO5, a new mineral with chains...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 1940
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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...mineral exhibit in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966)...Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines and Geology Francisco
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new species from the Blue Bell claims near Baker, San Bernardino County, California Anthony R. KAmpf,1...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Division...and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 1 AbstRAct...colorless to pale blue prismatic crystals to 3 mm, with wedge-shaped terminations at the Blue Bell claims, about...about 11 km west of Baker, San Bernardino County, California. It is found in narrow veins in a highly
Report (issue)
DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 193 California Division of Mines and Geology Sacramento, California, 1970...By William B. DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA Clark Geologist, California Division of Mines & Geology...Geology, Sacramento, California UNIVERSITY LIBRARY U.C DAVIS '~'^ JUL 'I 'i GOV INFO or"! BULLETIN 193...on display in the Division of Mines and Geology San Francisco's Ferry Building. Melted down as gold,...and gold mining of publications have no single report or to the gold deposits in California. Although
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ber-D ecem ber 1977 ISSUE! TourmalineGolconda mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil SHOWS Sul/urPerticara, Romagna...U E S t AVETltlB 0)A C L PyromorphiteWheatley mine, Hours: Wed-Sat. 10-5 Sunday 12-5 [evenings by...in e ra l fro m th e B e n ito ite G em M in e , San B e n ito C o u n ty, C a lif o r n ia ............lf Pabst, Jam es R. H in th o rn e Artinite fro m San B e n ito C o u n ty , C a lifo r n ia ............ike S y s te m , M e sa G ra n d e D is tric t, San D ie g o C o u n ty , C a lifo r n ia ..........
Catalog/List
Avenue San Mateo, California 94403 U.S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla...HATFiaD GOUDEY 1145 \'/est 31st Avenue San Mateo, California 94403 U.S.A. COMTENTS General Information... Pr i ces c;uoi:ed are F .0. B. San fl,aceo, Cali fornia. California add applicable state sales tax....association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universitesi] at 20:25 14 March 2016 Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico T here once was a time when...originating at what was then known only as the Blanchard mine, Bingham, New Mexico. Oh, for those simpler times...fine brochantite from the abovementioned Blanchard mine has been selected for this issue. Brochantite, a...sparingly at the old Loudville mines, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and as coatings of tiny crystals...crystals at the Chimney Rock quarry, Somerset County, New Jersey. Dark emerald-green, acicular brochantite
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talented artist. One of his watercolors of the Levant mine in Pendeen, Cornwall—a prized gift in 2001—hangs...in Redlands, California. In January 2009, it emerged as usual in the San Bernardino County Museum, for...Conference of the Mineralogical Society of Southern California (MSSC). As usual, the traditional Friday evening...Occurrences and Vanadium Minerals in Southern California. His talk described the major vanadinite-producing...included his adventures in locating the Green Monster mine and identifying the copper vanadate minerals occurring
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_-_--__-_--__ Nonferrous-metal deposits [gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc], by T. B. Nolan._________..."eggshell" beds, West End area, Clark County, Nev.; B, Anniversary mine, West End area_____________________...showing plan of underground workings of Anniversary mine.-.----------------------------- ---106 6. A, Part...near Bissell, Kern County, Calif.; B, Magnesite mine, Afton area, San Bernardino County, Calif _______________________...of brucite-magnesite area in Paradise Range, Nye County, Nev_-----___________________________ 122 142
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WARREN T. HANNUM, Director DIVISION OF MINES FERRY...FERRY BUILDING SAN FRANCISCO OLAF P. JENKINS, Chief JANUARY, Vol. 43 1947 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF...printed in California state printing office 70558 LIBRARY '^iSaVERSi I Y OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS 1 ... STATE OF CALIFORNIA Earl Warren, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Warren Hannum, T. Director...Headquarters Third Floor, Ferry Building, San Francisco 11 District Offices State Building, 217 West First
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 
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