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Plattnerite

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Smithsonite mine, Goodsprings District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA
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Formula:
PbO
 
2
System:TetragonalColour:Jet-black; iron-black, ...
Lustre:Adamantine, Metallic, DullHardness:5½
Name:After K.F. Plattner (1800-1858), Professor of Metallurgy and Assaying at Freiberg, Saxony.


Rutile Group

Classification of Plattnerite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:4/D.02-60
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:4.DB.05

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
D : Metal: Oxygen = 1:2 and similar
B : With medium-sized cations; chains of edge-sharing octahedra
Dana 8th edition ID:4.4.1.6

4 : SIMPLE OXIDES
4 : AX2
Hey's CIM Ref.:7.11.23

7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
11 : Oxides of Sn and Pb
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Type Occurrence of Plattnerite

Type Locality:Leadhills-Wanlockhead District, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire) and Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK
Year of Discovery:1845

Physical Properties of Plattnerite

Lustre:Adamantine, Metallic, Dull
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Jet-black; iron-black, brownish black
Streak:Dark brown
Hardness (Mohs):5½
Tenacity:Brittle
Cleavage:None Observed
Fracture:Sub-Conchoidal, Fibrous
Density (measured):9.4 - 9.44 g/cm3
Density (calculated):9.63 g/cm3

Crystallography of Plattnerite

Crystal System:Tetragonal
Class (H-M):4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal
Cell Parameters:a = 4.95Å, c = 3.38Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 0.683
Unit Cell Volume:V 82.82 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Morphology:Prismatic [001]; also distorted platy. Usually nodular or botryoidal masses. Dense to fibrous, or in concentric shells.
Twinning:On {011}, as penetration twins.

Optical Data of Plattnerite

Type:Uniaxial (-)
RI values: nω = 2.350 nε = 2.250
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.100

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:Very High
Type:Anisotropic
Colour in reflected light:Gray-white
Internal Reflections:Red-brown
Pleochroism:Weak

Chemical Properties of Plattnerite

Formula:
PbO
 
2
Essential elements:O, Pb
All elements listed in formula:O, Pb

Relationship of Plattnerite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
4.DB.05Argutite
GeO
 
2
4.DB.05Cassiterite
SnO
 
2
4.DB.05Pyrolusite
MnO
 
2
4.DB.05Rutile
TiO
 
2
4.DB.05Tripuhyite
Fe
3+
 
Sb
5+
 
O
 
4
4.DB.05Tugarinovite
MoO
 
2
4.DB.05Varlamoffite
(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)
 
2
4.DB.10Byströmite
MgSb
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.10Tapiolite-(Fe)
(Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.10Tapiolite-(Mn)
(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.10Ordoñezite
ZnSb
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.15Akhtenskite
ε-Mn
4+
 
O
 
2
4.DB.15Nsutite
(Mn
4+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)(O,OH)
 
2
4.DB.15Paramontroseite
VO
 
2
4.DB.15Ramsdellite
Mn
4+
 
O
 
2
4.DB.20Scrutinyite
alpha-PbO
 
2
4.DB.25Ishikawaite
U
4+
 
Fe
2+
 
Nb
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.25Ixiolite
(Ta,Nb,Sn,Fe,Mn)
 
4
O
 
8
4.DB.25Samarskite-(Y)
(Y,Fe
3+
 
,Fe
2+
 
,U,Th,Ca)
 
2
(Nb,Ta)
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.25Srilankite
Ti
 
2
ZrO
 
6
4.DB.25Yttrocolumbite-(Y)
Y(U
4+
 
,Fe
2+
 
)Nb
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.25Calciosamarskite
(Ca,Fe
3+
 
,Y)
 
2
(Nb,Ta,Ti)
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.25Iwashiroite-(Y)
Y(Ta,Nb)O
 
4
4.DB.25Samarskite-(Yb)
(Yb,Fe
3+
 
)
 
2
(Nb,Ta)
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.25Písekite-(Y)
4.DB.30Ferberite
FeWO
 
4
4.DB.30Hübnerite
MnWO
 
4
4.DB.30Sanmartinite
(Zn,Fe)WO
 
4
4.DB.30Krasnoselskite
CoWO
 
4
4.DB.35Columbite-(Fe)
FeNb
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.35Tantalite-(Fe)
FeTa
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.35Columbite-(Mn)
(Mn,Fe)(Nb,Ta)
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.35Tantalite-(Mn)
MnTa
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.35Columbite-(Mg)
(Mg,Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.35Qitianlingite
(Fe,Mn)
 
2
(Nb,Ta)
 
2
WO
 
10
4.DB.35Magnocolumbite
4.DB.35Tantalite-(Mg)
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)(Ta,Nb)
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.40Ferrowodginite
FeSnTa
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.40Lithiotantite
Li(Ta,Nb)
 
3
O
 
8
4.DB.40Lithiowodginite
LiTa
 
3
O
 
8
4.DB.40Titanowodginite
MnTiTa
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.40Wodginite
Mn(Sn,Ta)Ta
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.40Ferrotitanowodginite
Fe
2+
 
TiTa
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.45Tivanite
VTiO
 
3
(OH)
4.DB.50Carmichaelite
(Ti,Cr,Fe)[O
 
2-x
(OH)
 
x
]
4.DB.55Alumotantite
AlTaO
 
4
4.DB.60Biehlite
((Sb,As)O)
 
2
[MoO
 
4
]
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
7.11.1Romarchite
SnO
7.11.2Cassiterite
SnO
 
2
7.11.4Schoenfliesite
Mg[Sn(OH)
 
6
]
7.11.5Burtite
Ca[Sn(OH)
 
6
]
7.11.6Vismirnovite
Zn[Sn(OH)
 
6
]
7.11.7Wickmanite
Mn
2+
 
[Sn(OH)
 
6
]
7.11.8Tetrawickmanite
Mn
2+
 
[Sn
4+
 
(OH)
 
6
]
7.11.9Jeanbandyite
(Fe
2+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)[Sn
4+
 
(OH)
 
6
]
7.11.10Natanite
Fe
2+
 
[Sn(OH)
 
6
]
7.11.11Mushistonite
(Cu,Zn,Fe
2+
 
)[Sn(OH)
 
6
]
7.11.12Ferronigerite-2N1S
Sn(Fe,Mg)Al
 
6
O
 
11
(OH)
7.11.13Magnesionigerite
7.11.14Argutite
GeO
 
2
7.11.15Brunogeierite
(Ge,Fe)Fe
 
2
O
 
4
7.11.16Stottite
Fe
2+
 
[Ge
4+
 
(OH)
 
6
]
7.11.17Carboirite
FeAl
 
2
GeO
 
5
(OH)
 
2
7.11.18Otjisumeite
PbGe
 
4
O
 
9
7.11.19Bartelkeite
PbFe
2+
 
Ge
 
3
O
 
8
7.11.20Massicot
PbO
7.11.21Litharge
PbO
7.11.22Minium
Pb
 
3
O
 
4
7.11.24Scrutinyite
alpha-PbO
 
2
7.11.25Murdochite
PbCu
 
6
O
 
8-x
(Cl,Br)
 
2x
 x<=0.5
7.11.26Macedonite
PbTiO
 
3
7.11.27Cesàrolite
PbH
 
2
Mn
 
3
O
 
8
7.11.28Coronadite
Pb(Mn,Mn)
 
8
O
 
16
7.11.29Quenselite
PbMnO
 
2
(OH)
7.11.30Plumboferrite
PbFe
 
4
O
 
7
7.11.31Magnetoplumbite
(Pb,Mn)(Fe,Mn)
 
12
O
 
19
7.11.32Senaite
Pb(Ti,Fe,Mn)
 
21
O
 
38

Other Names for Plattnerite

Synonyms:
Diplasites plumbicusSchwerbleierz
German names:
BraunbleioxydPlattnerit
Russian names:
Платтнерит
Spanish names:
Plattnerita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Plattnerite

Reference List:Yeates and Ayres (1892), American Journal of Science: 43: 407.

Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 581-583

Acta Crystallographica (1980): B36: 2394.

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    Localities for Plattnerite

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    Australia
     
    • South Australia
      • Flinders Ranges
        • North Flinders Ranges
          • Mount Fitton homestead
    		No reference listed
    • Western Australia
      • Pilbara Region
        • Ashburton Shire
    		[Mandarino, 1997]
    Min. Record 24,203-218(1993)
      • Yandal Homestead
    		Lead, Zinc and Silver Deposits of Western Australia, 1999
    Austria
     
    • Carinthia
      • Karawanken Mts
        • Hochobir Mt.
    		G. Niedermayr: Der Hochobir, Verlag des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Kärnten (1999), Klagenfurt
    • Salzburg
      • Hohe Tauern Mts
        • Rauris valley
          • Hüttwinkl valley
            • Alteck Mt. - Hoher Sonnblick Mt. area
              • Kolm-Saigurn
    		A. Strasser: Die MInerale Salzburgs (1989)
    France
     
    • Languedoc-Roussillon
      • Hérault
        • Lodève
    		[Le Cahier des Micromonteurs, 1998, 2, p.13-26]
    • Limousin
      • Haute-Vienne
        • Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
    		Queneau Patrice collection
    • Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
      • Alpes-Maritimes
        • Saint-Martin-Vésubie
          • Belvédère
            • Capelet Mt.
    		R. Pierrot, P. Picot, J. Féraud, J. Vernet : "Inventaire Minéralogique de la France N° 4 : Alpes-Maritimes", BRGM, 1974
        • Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée
          • Roure
    		R. Pierrot, P. Picot, J. Féraud, J. Vernet : "Inventaire Minéralogique de la France N° 4 : Alpes-Maritimes", BRGM, 1974
      • Var
        • Pradet
    		http://www.mine-capgaronne.fr/site/Mineraux/ListeMineraux.html
    • Rhône-Alpes
      • Drôme
        • Nyons
    		• Martin, R., Meisser, N., Beaudet, D. (2004): La strontiodressérite, un minéral rarissime. Le Cristallier Suisse, 4/2004, 31-36.
    Germany
     
    • North Rhine-Westphalia
      • Sauerland
        • Sundern
          • Bönkhausen
    		Lapis, 14 (2), 22-27+33+42.
    Greece
     
    • Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture
      • Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District
        • Lavrion District Mines
          • Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamareza; Kamariza)
            • Kamareza Mines
          • Botsaris area
            • Botsaris Mines
    		Lapis, 24, 7/8 (1999)
          • Elafos area
    		Lapis, 24, 7/8 (1999)
          • Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium)
            • Lavrion Mines
    		No reference listed
          • Megala Pefka area
            • Megala Pefka Mines
    		Lapis, 24, 7/8 (1999)
    Lapis, 24, 7/8 (1999)
          • Sounion Area
            • Agia Varvara Mines (St Barbara Mines)
    		No reference listed
        • Lavrion District slag localities
          • Thorikos area
    		No reference listed
    Greenland
     
    • Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
      • Narsaq
    		No reference listed
    Iran
     
    • Yazd Province
      • Taft District
    		M Nazari collection
    Italy
     
    • Lombardy
      • Bergamo Province
        • Brembana Valley
          • Dossena
    		G.M.Gramaccioli,1975,Minerali alpini e prealpini,Edizioni Atlas
          • Vedra Valley
    		No reference listed
        • Seriana Valley
          • Parre
    		Maida, F. (2002): Descrizione delle specie e varietà di minerali e loro ritrovamento nella bergamasca. G.O.M. Gruppo Orobico Minerali - Novecento Grafico, Ed., Bergamo 82 pp.
      • Sondrio Province
    		Lapis, 19 (10), 15-21+86.
    • Piedmont
      • Torino Province
        • Canavese District
          • Léssolo
            • Cálea
    		http://www.webmineralshop.com/articoli/brosso_eng.htm
    • Sardinia
      • Carbonia-Iglesias Province
        • Iglesias
          • Punta della Torre
      • Sassari Province
        • Ozieri
    		Olmi F., Sabelli C., Santucci, A., Brizzi, G. (1995): I silicati e i vanadati di Ozieri (SS). Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 2/1995, 145-160
    Mexico
     
    • Chihuahua
      • Mun. de Aquiles Serdán
        • Santa Eulalia District
          • East Camp
    		Panczner (1987): 77-395.
    • Durango
      • Mun. de Mapimí
        • Mapimí
    		Rocks & Min.: 56:247.
    No reference listed
    Namibia
     
    • Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region
      • Tsumeb
    		No reference listed
    Portugal
     
    • Beja District
      • Moura
        • Sobral da Adiça
    		Pimentel, R., Nunes, R. & De Ascenção, R.(2007): Les minéraux d'altération de plomb (Pb) et zinc (Zn) du massif de Preguiça, Moura, Portugal. Le Règne Minéral, 75, 19-26.
    Russia
     
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Sakhalinskaya Oblast'
        • Maritime Province
          • Kuril Islands
            • Iturup Island
    		http://maurice.strahlen.org/kurilles/kurilles.htm
    South Africa
     
    • Gauteng Province
    		Minerals of South Africa
    Minerals of South Africa
    Spain
     
    • Cantabria
      • Picos de Europa Mts
        • Udías Valley
    		Personal collection JRGL
    Switzerland
     
    • Wallis (Valais)
      • Martigny
        • Mont Chemin
      • Nendaz Valley
    		Lapis 3/2008, p. 12 (ad)
    UK
     
    • England
      • Somerset
        • Priddy
    		[MinRec 27:253]
    • Scotland
      • Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire) and Strathclyde (Lanarkshire)
    		No reference listed
          • Leadhills
            • Mine Hill-Broad Law
          • Wanlockhead
    		BMS Database
            • Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Cochise Co.
        • Dragoon Mts
          • Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District)
            • Gleeson
              • Costello Mine group (Costello claims)
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 331; Bideaux, R.A., et al (1960), Some new occurrences of minerals of Arizona, AZ Geol. Soc. Digest: 3: 53-56.
    Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 331; Knudson, H.P. (1983), The Silver Bill Mine, Gleeson, AZ, Min.Rec.: 14: 127-131; Bideaux, R.A., et al (1960), Some new occurrences of minerals of Arizona, AZ Geol. Soc. Digest: 3: 53-56.
            • Tejon group
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 331; Bideaux, R.A., et al (1960), Some new occurrences of minerals of Arizona, AZ Geol. Soc. Digest: 3: 53-56.
        • Mule Mts
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 331; Bideaux, R.A., et al (1960), Some new occurrences of minerals of Arizona, AZ Geol. Soc. Digest: 3: 53-56; Graeme, R. (1993), Bisbee revisited, Min.Rec.: 24: 421-436.
    No reference listed
    Minrecord 24:421-436
    Graeme, R. (1993), Bisbee revisited, Min.Rec.: 24: 421-436.
      • Gila Co.
        • Dripping Spring Mts
          • Banner District
            • Hayden area
              • Hayden
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 123, 308, 331; Keith, S.B. (1972), Mineralogy and paragenesis of the 79 mine lead-zinc-copper deposit, Min.Rec.: 3: 247-264;
      • La Paz Co.
        • Trigo Mts
          • Silver District
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 331; Edson, G.M. (1980), The Red Cloud mine, Yuma, AZ, Min.Rec.: 11: 141-152; Rocks & Min.: 61:55-56; Min.Rec.: 21: 160.
      • Maricopa Co.
        • Big Horn Mts
          • Osborn District
            • Tonopah
              • Belmont Mountain
    		MinRec 19(3):81-87.
      • Pima Co.
        • Empire Mts
          • Empire District
            • Hilton (Lead Mountain)
              • Copper Camp
                • Hilton Mines (Hilton Mine group; Hiltano group; Hiltano & State of Maine group)
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 331.
    Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 331.
            • The Narrows
              • Cienega Creek
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 248, 331; Bideaux, R.A., et al (1960), Some new occurrences of minerals of Arizona, AZ Geol. Soc. Digest: 3: 53-56.
        • Gunsight Hills
          • Gunsight District (Meyer District)
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 331.
        • Tucson Mts
          • Amole District
            • Jaynes
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 331; Bideaux, R.A., et al (1960), Some new occurrences of minerals of AZ, AZ Geol. Soc. Digest: 3: 53-56.
        • Waterman Mts
          • Waterman District
            • Silver Hill District
              • Silver Hill
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 123, 308, 331; Bideaux, R.A., et al (1960), Some new occurrences of minerals of Arizona, AZ Geol. Soc. Digest: 3: 53-56.
      • Santa Cruz Co.
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 331.
        • Santa Rita Mts
          • Tyndall District
            • Cottonwood Canyon
              • Amado
                • Devil's Cash Box
                  • Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit)
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 331; Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 32.
    • California
      • Riverside Co.
        • Crestmore
    		[micromounts@yahoogroups.com]
      • San Bernardino Co.
        • Baker
          • Section 2; T13N; R7E (SB)
    		The Blue Bell Claims San Bernardino County, California, Maynard, M. et al., pg. 34
        • Barstow
    		www.mineralsocal.org
    • Colorado
      • Clear Creek Co.
        • Georgetown District
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels
      • El Paso Co.
        • Cheyenne District (St. Peters Dome District)
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckel, E. B.
    • Idaho
      • Lemhi Co.
        • Gilmore District (Texas District)
          • Gilmore
    		R&M 70:4 pp 242-263
        • Spring Mountain District
    		Ream, Lanny R. 2004. Idaho Minerals, 2nd edition, Revised and Updated
      • Shoshone Co.
        • Coeur d'Alene District
          • Canyon Creek
    		R&M 70:4 pp 242-263
    Rocks & Min. 70:262
          • Kellogg
            • Bunker Hill Properties
    		R&M 70:4 pp 242-263
    Ream, Lanny R. 2004. Idaho Minerals, 2nd edition, Revised and Updated
    Rocks & Min. 70:261
    R&M 70:4 pp 242-263
          • Mullan
    		Dana 7:I:582.
          • Ninemile Creek
            • Custer Peak
    		Ream, Lanny R. 2004. Idaho Minerals, 2nd edition, Revised and Updated
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    • Montana
      • Broadwater Co.
        • Radersburg District (Cedar Plains District; Lone Mountain District)
    		Chris Tucker Collection
    • Nevada
      • Clark Co.
        • Goodsprings District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    Self collected by Brent Thorne
    NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    Collected in recent years by D. Kim Cathcart, Las Vegas, NV
      • Eureka Co.
        • Eureka District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
          • Prospect Ridge
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
      • Lincoln Co.
        • Ely Springs District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
      • Nye Co.
        • Gabbs District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
      • White Pine Co.
        • Muncy Creek District
    		No reference listed
    • New Mexico
      • Grant Co.
    		Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
    Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
          • Georgetown
    		Rocks & Minerals 83:1 pp 34-43
          • Mimbres
    		Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
      • Hidalgo Co.
        • San Simon District
          • Granite Gap
    		R&M 77:5 p298-305
    R&M 77:5 p298-305
      • Luna Co.
    		Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
      • Santa Fe Co.
    		Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
    Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
    Northrop, Minerals of New Mexico, 3rd Rev. Ed., 1996
    M Massis collection
      • Socorro Co.
    		Northrop, Minerals of New Mexico, 3rd Rev. ed., 1996
          • Bingham
    		M Massis collection
    Min News 21:8 p 8
    [MinRecord 30:337]
    • South Dakota
      • Lawrence Co.
    		R&M 75:3 pp 156-169
          • Spearfish
    		Rocks & Min.:60:112.
    Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169.
    • Utah
      • Box Elder Co.
        • Pilot Range
          • Lucin District
    		R&M 68:6 p381-393
      • Juab Co.
        • East Tintic Mts
          • Tintic District
    		R&M 68:6 p406-416
      • Tooele Co.
        • Oquirrh Mts
          • Ophir District
            • Ophir Hill area
    		Min News 9:10 p1,4
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