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Opal from
Socrates Mine, Castle Rock Springs area, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
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 Socrates Mine, Castle Rock Springs area, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:656518
Long-form Identifier:1:3:656518:3
GUID (UUID V4):66c2423c-96c6-41aa-8f8e-1d7935f04ce7
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
4.4km (2.7 miles) Jumbo Mine (B & M Mine; Double Star Mine), Castle Rock Springs area, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Helen Mine (Helen Mine group; Dead Broke Mine; American Mine), Castle Rock Springs, East Mayacmas Mining District, Lake County, California, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) The Geysers, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) Great Western Mine (Laguna Western; Black Bart Mine; Tucker lease), Great Western-Mirabel group, Middletown, East Mayacmas Mining District, Lake County, California, USA
16.3km (10.1 miles) Plymouth Mine, Calistoga Hot Springs, Napa County, California, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) Livermore Quicksilver Mine, Cloverdale, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
21.5km (13.3 miles) Corona Mines (Vallejo Mines), Twin Peaks, Calistoga, Napa County, California, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) Goodman Brothers deposit, Mark West Springs, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
24.1km (15.0 miles) Cavagnaro prospect, Calistoga Hot Springs, Napa County, California, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) Baker Mine, Lower Lake, Sulphur Creek Mining District (Sulfur Creek Mining District; Wilbur Springs Mining District), Lake County, California, USA
References
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Report (volume)
Quicksilver deposits of the Mayacmas and Sulphur Bank districts, California, by C. P. Ross (published in...eastern part of the Stillwater complex, Stillwater County, Montana, by J. W. Peoples and A. L. Howland....Chromite deposits of the Pilliken area, Eldorado County, California, by P. G. Wells, L. R. Page, and H...deposits in the Sourdough area, Curry County, and the Briggs Creek area, Josephine County, Oregon, by F. G. Wells...Tungsten deposits in the Tungsten Hills, Inyo County, California, by D. M. Lemmon (published in March 1941)
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WARREN T. HANNUM, Director DIVISION OF MINES...State Mineralogist JANUARY Vol. 42 1946 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...STATE MINERALOGISTS REPORT XL1I printed in California state printing office B4257 'DAVIS 1 DIVISION...Tucker, District Mining Engineer Logan, District Mining Engineer Chas. V. Averill, District Mining Engineer...Engineer J. C. O'Brien, District Mining Engineer Arthur A. Center, Associate Metallurgical Engineer John
Report (issue)
should read "The quicksilver mine.s of Colusa County are all located within the" etc. Digitized...http://www.archive.org/details/bulletin78cali CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO FLETCHER...No. 78 [May, 1918 Quicksilver Resources of California WITH A SECTION ON METALLURGY AND ORE-DRESSING...ORE-DRESSING By WALTER W. BRADLEY, E. M. CALIFORNIA STATE PKINTIXG OFFICE SACRAMENTO 19 18 88540 CONTENTS...Barbara Santa Clara — 19 21 21 23 25 28 4. CALIFORNIA DISTRICTS MINES AND PLANTS, ALPHABETICALLY BY
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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...e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey, M....Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences
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Edgarbaileyite, the first known silicate of mercury, from California and Texas .....................................in some way to minerals and mining. Antique photos, mineral labels, mining stock certificates, early correspondence...Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...minerals are leached from the surrounding country rock during metamorphism. Ramsay and Huber (1983) suggest...such as pegmatite veins or cavities in sedimentary rock. The localities for faden quartz are numerous, and
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT. Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1939 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 70803 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS 1 DIVISION OF MINES...Logan, District Mining Engineer O. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid J. Mining Engineer...Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Ohas. V. Averill, District Mining
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...Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. L35 West 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 10020 Van Nostrand Reinhold...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
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^ '“ 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 ...Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. 135 West 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 10020 Van Nostrand...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch
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
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
Report (issue)
M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN N«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE...Stephens, Governor of the State of California, Sacramento, California Sir: I have the honor to transmit...upon the minerals of California. This bulletin records our knowledge of California minerals to date,
Report (issue)
THE GEYSERS-CLEAR LAKE GEOTHERMAL AREA, ANNEX NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...GEOTHERMAL AREA, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Landsat image of a part of northwestern California, showing Clear...(lower right corner), and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Agricultural development in the western Sacramento...Clear Lake. Two smaller closed valleys, visible west of Clear Lake, that are alined along a northwestward...with Lake Mendocino on the southeast. The present area of geothermal development in the Geysers steam field
Report (issue)
] \ 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
Journal (volume)
MAR1 v* 1950 STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY...off California and Mexico 7 Geology Along the Electra and West Point Tunnels, Amador County, California...23 County, California Geology of the Placerita Oil Field, Perlite Deposits in Sonoma County, Mines... Los Angeles County, California of California Sonoma County, 43 81 83 California of the State...FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO _ 143 STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
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Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia VOLUME 3: THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT ...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
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HANDLE WITH CARE! Radioactive Rocks & Minerals ROCK&GEM • Vol. 52 No. 10 • U.S. $5.99 Issue Code: 2022-10...DIAMONDS & CRYSTAL HEAD VODKA By L.A. Sokolowski 42 ROCK & GEM FIELD GUIDE: TRANCAS GEODES 50 THE OTHER...Bench Tips ....................................48 Rock Science............................... 68 Show Dates...QUESTIONS? Call (844) 330-6373 Printed in U.S.A. Rock&Gem (ISSN 0048-8453, USPS 486-290) is published...Investments, LLC. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Rock&Gem, c/o EG Media Investments LLC, 2222 Sedwick
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353-416 257-320 321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986...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...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73
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micaceous cleavage in a vug from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona, associated with grandreefite, pseudograndreefite...~ y 1.694. Named for the Aravaipa mining district in which the mine is located. Arupite. V. F. Buchwald...of the wall crust in the lower adit of the Johann mine, Wittichen, Germany. Ideal formula CaMg(AsO4)OH...latter. On spoil tips of the abandoned Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Formula Ag4TeS. Cubic...crystals, a rock-forming silicate of the osumilite group, from a lamproite at Moon Canyon, Utah, USA. Composition
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Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...by B. Cairncross The Clear Creek mine, San Benito County, California: A unique mercury locality . . .... 4.9 cm, from O Stope, 31st Level of the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. William Pinch collection; Jeff Scovil...interest in collectible mineral art and also in mining art. Mineral art has been a feature of the cultural...artwork. The entire historical range of mineral and mining art is spanned, from ancient times to artists alive
Report (volume)
deposits in the Silver City district, Idaho; Comstock Lode and Jarbidge district, Nev.; and Guanajuato, Mexico...with gold and silver are found in the Republic district, Wash., and in Radjang Lebong, Sumatra. The seleniferous...Nev.; San Francisco district, Utah; and the Liberty Bell mine, Telluride district, Colo., all contain...Buckskin Peak, Nev.; the Abbott mine, Calif.; the Lucky Boy mine, Piute County, Utah; and at Guadalcazar,...quicksilver mine the ore consisted almost entirely of tiemannite, and at the De Lamar mine, Silver City
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HIGHWAY 66 Restless Lifeline OLD BOTTLES FROM THE MINING CAMPS GEM FIELDS L DARWIN, r "• — complete map...O WORLDS . . . THE WORLD OF THE WEST Located in prosperous Elko County, the ranchos have the backdrop...relax and enjoy the wonderful life of the Golden West. ...THE WORLD OF CITY CONVENIENCES The bustling...Hunters from all corners of the globe come to Elko County to hunt the big game species Mule Deer . . . Quail...recreation areas. Swimming, Camping, Boating, Picnicking, Rock Hunting, Horseback Riding and many many more recreational
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which is hosted by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and organized by the New Mexico...San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring the mine for minerals...minerals. The San Pedro Mine is perhaps best known for producing beautiful specimens of finely crystalline...Phillip have also developed a surface exposure at the mine to produce some very nice, single, sceptered quartz...during the last year: a presidential election in the USA, more lands closed to public use, mineral localities
Catalog/List
:JJUffJVnUYt -199 6 The Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty \vith its highest peall Worcester...the Severn Plain, and is a geologically complex area. Most aspects of the history and development of...the pure waters which issue from th• Preca.mbrian rock attracted the sick for wonderful cures at the 'Metropolis...specimen with Dr M G Weller label. Chlorite-rich ,hard rock fragment with upper surface carrying dark green...clove-brown Axinites. LC,£6. AGATE VAR THUNDER EGG. Oregon,USA. Large,polished h alf-geode shov­ ing scarlet and
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And Gemstone Collecting In New York, Oregon And California r- ._-] 12 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE . .... 10 75 90 3.SO • 75 • 50 5.00 6.50 8.50 Opal Mosaic 500 5.50 8.00 11 00 300 ,oo 10.00 15.00...10 .60 2.00 11mm 10mm 12mm 2.00 Moon Agate Opal Trlplell 7mm 8mm 1.50 58 2.0 6mm •oo 1.00...COLLECTING AT THE STEWART LITHIA MINE A fee location in California by James R. Mitchell 36 THE " DIAMONDS"...Sande H. Zirlin 58 BRINGING BACK A PIECE OF THE ROCK Equipment for field trips by Kenny Ronney FEATURES
Report (issue)
Quicksilver Deposits of the New Almaden District Santa Clara County California GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...PROFESSIONAL Prepared in cooperation with the State of California, Resources ~4.gency, Department of Conservation...Quicksilver Deposits of the New Almaden District Santa Clara County California By EDGAR H. BAILEY and DONALD L...360 Prepared in cooperation with the State of California, Resources Agency, Department of Conservation...quicksilver deposits of the New Almaden district, Santa Clara County, California, by Edgar H. Bailey and Donald
 
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