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


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Murdochite, etc.

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

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

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

Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
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Murdochite, etc.

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

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

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

Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
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Murdochite, etc.

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

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

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

Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Locality type:Drift
Classification
Species:Murdochite
Formula:Cu12Pb2O15Cl2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzⓘ4 photos of Murdochite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Brochantiteⓘ2 photos of Murdochite associated with Brochantite at this locality.
Cerussiteⓘ1 photo of Murdochite associated with Cerussite at this locality.
Wulfeniteⓘ1 photo of Murdochite associated with Wulfenite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Murdochite 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 (8 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:665963
Long-form Identifier:1:3:665963:9
GUID (UUID V4):c5e382e1-9172-49c8-88b1-838793daeefc
Nearest other occurrences of Murdochite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘ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
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘBlue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
85.8km (53.3 miles) ⓘLead Mountain Mine (Main Barite Mine), Lead Mountain [2], Barstow, Barstow Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
Joe Marty specimens
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Housley, Robert M., Kampf, Anthony R., Mills, Stuart J., Marty, Joseph, Thorne, Brent (2011) The Remarkable Occurrence of Rare Secondary Tellurium Minerals of Otto Mountain near Baker, California, Including Seven New Species. Rocks & Minerals, 86 (2) 132-145 doi:10.1080/00357529.2011.537169
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
Mills, S. J., Kampf, A. R., Christy, A. G., Housley, R. M., Rossman, G. R., Reynolds, R. E., Marty, J. (2014) Bluebellite and mojaveite, two new minerals from the central Mojave Desert, California, USA. Mineralogical Magazine, 78 (5) 1325-1340 doi:10.1180/minmag.2014.078.5.15
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
Kampf, A. R., Housley, R. M., Mills, S. J., Marty, J., Thorne, B. (2010) Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: I. Ottoite, Pb2TeO5, a new mineral with chains of tellurate octahedra. American Mineralogist, 95 (8) 1329-1336 doi:10.2138/am.2010.3510
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
Kampf, A. R., Mills, S. J., Housley, R. M. (2010) The crystal structure of munakataite, Pb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)4, from Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Mineralogical Magazine, 74 (6) 991-998 doi:10.1180/minmag.2010.074.6.991
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
Kampf, A. R., Housley, R. M., Marty, J. (2010) Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: III. Thorneite, Pb6(Te26+O10)(CO3)Cl2(H2O), the first mineral with edge-sharing octahedral tellurate dimers. American Mineralogist, 95 (10) 1548-1553 doi:10.2138/am.2010.3512
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2010 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
Kampf, A. R., Mills, S. J., Housley, R. M., Marty, J. (2013) Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: VIII. Fuettererite, Pb3Cu2+6Te6+O6(OH)7Cl5, a new mineral with double spangolite-type sheets. American Mineralogist, 98 (2) 506-511 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4218
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
Kampf, A. R., Mills, S. J., Housley, R. M., Marty, J., Thorne, B. (2010) Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: VI. Telluroperite, Pb3Te4+O4Cl2, the Te analog of perite and nadorite. American Mineralogist, 95 (10) 1569-1573 doi:10.2138/am.2010.3515
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
Kampf, A. R., Mills, S. J., Housley, R. M., Rossman, G. R., Marty, J., Thorne, B. (2013) Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: XI. Eckhardite, (Ca,Pb)Cu2+Te6+O5(H2O), a new mineral with HCP stair-step layers. American Mineralogist, 98 (8) 1617-1623 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4529
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
Kampf, A. R., Mills, S. J., Housley, R. M., Rossman, G. R., Marty, J., Thorne, B. (2013) Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: X. Bairdite, Pb2Cu2+4Te6+2O10(OH)2(SO4)(H2O), a new mineral with thick HCP layers. American Mineralogist, 98 (7) 1315-1321 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4389
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
Kampf, A. R., Mills, S. J., Housley, R. M., Marty, J. (2013) Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: IX. Agaite, Pb3Cu2+Te6+O5(OH)2(CO3), a new mineral with CuO5-TeO6 polyhedral sheets. American Mineralogist, 98 (2) 512-517 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4219
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
Kampf, A. R., Marty, J., Thorne, B. (2010) Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: II. Housleyite, Pb6CuTe4O18(OH)2, a new mineral with Cu-Te octahedral sheets. American Mineralogist, 95 (8) 1337-1342 doi:10.2138/am.2010.3511
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...mineral, tellurate, crystal structure, Otto Mountain, California IntRoductIon Housleyite, Pb6CuTe4O18(OH)2
Kampf, A. R., Mills, S. J., Housley, R. M., Marty, J., Thorne, B. (2010) Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: IV. Markcooperite, Pb(UO2)Te6+O6, the first natural uranyl tellurate. American Mineralogist, 95 (10) 1554-1559 doi:10.2138/am.2010.3513
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
Kampf, A. R., Mills, S. J., Housley, R. M., Marty, J., Thorne, B. (2010) Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: V. Timroseite, Pb2Cu2+5(Te6+O6)2(OH)2, and paratimroseite, Pb2Cu2+4(Te6+O6)2(H2O)2, two new tellurates with Te-Cu polyhedral sheets. American Mineralogist, 95 (10) 1560-1568 doi:10.2138/am.2010.3514
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
Kampf, Anthony R., Cooper, Mark A., Mills, Stuart J., Housley, Robert M., Rossman, George R. (2016) Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, USA: XII. Andychristyite, PbCu2+Te6+O5(H2O), a new mineral with hcp stair-step layers. Mineralogical Magazine, 80 (6) 1055-1065 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.042
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
Belakovskiy, Dmitriy I., Uvarova, Yulia, Gagne, Olivier C. (2016) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 101 (4) 1012-1019 doi:10.2138/am-2016-nmn10149
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A., and in the Robert B. Ferguson Museum...new minerals from the central Mojave Desert, California, USA. Mineralogical Magazine, 78(5), 1325–1340....(OH)7Cl, were discovered in the Mojave Desert, California, and were both named after their type localities:...highly siliceous hornfels in association with murdochite, calcite, 1014 NEW MINERAL NAMES fluorite...perite, quartz, and wulfenite, and at the Bird Nest drift, where it is found in association with andradite
Hyršl, Jaroslav, Bernard, Jan (2013) Minerals and their Localities - Supplement - Minerals described since 2004. Granit, Prague.
Book (edition)
province prefecture county departement departamento district municipio Saint...Saint Sainte island mount, mountain Mts. R. Penin. Vole. Plat. mountains river peninsula volcano platform...lamellar crystals to I mm, as chaotic intergrowths, silver gray, opaque, \uster metallic, streak black. R...Z = 8. nite, wulfenite, etc., from the Otto Mt., San Bernardino d: 6.4(8) - 4.5(9) - 3.02(7) - 2.98( I...I 0) - 2.27(9). In co., California. AM 98, 512-517, 2013. sprays of prismatic crystals to 0.3 mm, colorless
Christy, A. G., Mills, S. J., Kampf, A. R. (2016) A review of the structural architecture of tellurium oxycompounds. Mineralogical Magazine, 80 (3) 415-545 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.093
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA [Received 24 November...secondary mineral species, particularly from Otto Mountain, California, has seen publication of descriptions...Wells‒Dawson cluster (Wells, 1947; Dawson, 1953; Baker and Figgis, 1970). The clusters are held together...can be regarded as a slice of the structure of murdochite, Cu6Pb4+O8 (Dubler et al., 1983). The resemblance...tetrahedral coordination (Ag–O = 2.23–2.58 Å). Silver and the hydroxide oxygen O2 form massicotlike chains
 
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