Blue Stone Talc Mine (Blue Stone deposit), Johnson Spring, Tibbetts Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 54' 28'' North , 118° 3' 54'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Independence | 669 (2011) | 16.8km |
Lone Pine | 2,035 (2015) | 33.5km |
Big Pine | 1,756 (2014) | 34.8km |
Wilkerson | 563 (2011) | 50.2km |
Bishop | 3,806 (2017) | 58.5km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Lone Pine Gem & Mineral Society | Lone Pine, California | 34km |
Mindat Locality ID:
78546
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:78546:9
GUID (UUID V4):
65bc1c58-6c0a-43be-a8f7-3a4fb74b84a1
A former talc-soapstone mine located in the center of sec. 17, T12S, R36E, MDM, 1.3 km (0.8 mile) E of Johnson Spring, on National Forest wilderness land (Inyo Mountains Wildernss/Mazourka Roadless Area Review & Evaluation (RARE II) Area), along an unnamed side canyon of Mazourka Canyon, western slope of the Inyo Range. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 10 meters.
NOTE: This occurrence is located in a remote area with few features to use as a reference. Johnson Spring is the only non-linear feature to use.
Local rocks include Cambrian marine rocks.
Workings include unspecified underground openings.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
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ⓘ | Talc | 9.EC.05 | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10115050 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Antler Foreland BasinBasin
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
USA
- Sierra NevadaMountain Range
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References
(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file ID #0060270683