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Thorneite from
Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Drift
Classification
Species:Thorneite
Formula:Pb6(Te26+O10)(CO3)Cl2(H2O)
Habit:monoclinic
Colour:lemon yellow
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Khinite20 photos of Thorneite associated with Khinite at this locality.
Quartz13 photos of Thorneite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Timroseite3 photos of Thorneite associated with Timroseite at this locality.
Housleyite3 photos of Thorneite associated with Housleyite at this locality.
Eckhardite2 photos of Thorneite associated with Eckhardite at this locality.
Goethite2 photos of Thorneite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Gold1 photo of Thorneite associated with Gold at this locality.
Burckhardtite1 photo of Thorneite associated with Burckhardtite at this locality.
Devilline1 photo of Thorneite associated with Devilline at this locality.
Chrysocolla1 photo of Thorneite associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Thorneite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (29 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:635162
Long-form Identifier:1:3:635162:5
GUID (UUID V4):577de120-1b08-4b65-b019-4c15bf9334d2
Nearest other occurrences of Thorneite
0.1km (0.1 miles) Ridge Ledge prospect, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 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
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)
secondary Te mineralization at the Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, California, USA ANDREW G. CHRISTY1,*, STUART...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA Division of Geological...Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA 53898 S. Newport Circle...Bountiful, UT 84010, USA 65199 E. Silver Oak Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA [Received 1 February...documented from Otto Mountain, California, and 18 of these from the Bird Nest drift sublocality. A paragenetic
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
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
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...mcalpineite, thorneite, timroseite, paratimroseite, quartz, wulfenite (Bird Nest drift); kettnerite,...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)
Thorneite Pb6(Te2O10)(CO3)Cl2(H2O) Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 2/m. Crystals exhibit {100}...Powder Pattern: Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 3.224 (100), 3...89 100.00 (1) Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 3 electron...the Bird Nest drift, southwest flank of Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County...County, California, USA. Name: Honors avid field collector, Brent Thorne (b. 1951) of Bountiful, Utah, the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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)
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...cerussite, hematite, khinite, phosphohedyphane, thorneite, timroseite. Distribution: From Several workings...Pit, SW Cut, Bird Nest drift, Bird Nest E3 vein, and the Library mine) on Otto Mountain, 2.5 km west...west northwest of Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA. Name: Honors Franz-Joseph Müller, Freiherr
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
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...galena. Association: Cerussite, fuettererite, thorneite (holotype); caledonite, diaboleite, timroseite...(holotype) and Bird Nest drift (cotype), Otto Mountain, 2.5 km west northwest of Baker, San Bernardino Co., California...California, USA. Name: Honors John P. Hagstrom (b. 1953) of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, a mineral collector
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)
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
Report (issue)
4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 3.015 (100), 3.055 (90)...71.77 28.23 100.00 (1) Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 5 electron microprobe...markcooperite, thorneite, timroseite. Distribution: From the Aga mine, and the Bird Nest Drift, Otto Mountain, ~2...northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: For the locality, Otto Mountain, California...California, USA. Type Material: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA (62511
Report (issue)
2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 3.235 (100), 2.873 (40)...34 31.50 . 100.00 (1) Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 5 electron microprobe...housleyite, thorneite, ottoite, timroseite. Distribution: From the Aga mine and the Bird Nest drift, southwest...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 (62510, 62511, and 62512). References:
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...wulfenite, thorneite, markcooperite, ottoite. Distribution: From the Aga mine, and the Bird Nest Drift, Otto...Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: Honors Robert M....Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA. Type Material: Natural
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
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...paratimroseite, thorneite, vauquelinite, wulfenite. Distribution: From the Aga mine and the Bird Nest drift, southwest...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)
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)
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: 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...other new tellurates: markcooperite, ottoite, and thorneite. A variety of other secondary minerals occur in
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
Report (issue)
001(9) X-ray Powder Pattern: Tombstone, Arizona, USA. 2.491 (10), 3.451 (9), 4.866 (8), 2.996 (7), 2.204...36.41 34.05 2.75 100.00 (1) Tombstone, Arizona, USA; insoluble quartz and chlorargyrite present but in...mcalpineite, thorneite, timroseite, paratimroseite, quartz, wulfenite (Bird Nest drift); acanthite, cerussite...iodargyrite, wulfenite, markcooperite, ottoite, thorneite (Otto Mountain). Distribution: From the dump of the Old...mine and the Bird Nest drift, Mojave Desert, and at Otto Mountain, near Baker, California, USA. Name: Honors
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
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)
2012 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: VII. Chromschieffelinite, Pb10...History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Geosciences...and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 4 Mineralogy...(H2O)5, is a new tellurate from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, named as the chromate analog of...tellurate, crystal structure, schieffelinite, Otto Mountain, California Introduction During our continuing investigations
 
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