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Opal from
Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA


Locality type:Claim
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrrhotite3 photos of Opal associated with Pyrrhotite at this locality.
Quartz3 photos of Opal associated with Quartz at this locality.
Macdonaldite1 photo of Opal associated with Macdonaldite at this locality.
Sanbornite1 photo of Opal associated with Sanbornite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1458803
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1458803:7
GUID (UUID V4):cf5094c3-c971-4ffc-a38a-666a24fa26d5
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
0.0km (0.0 miles) Esquire No. 8 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Snow Cap Mine, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
5.4km (3.4 miles) Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
5.9km (3.7 miles) Forbes Property, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) Esquire No. 1 claim, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
6.7km (4.1 miles) Cole Spring Outcrops, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
44.5km (27.6 miles) Unnamed Diatomite occurrence (1), Indian Springs, Madera County, California, USA
74.5km (46.3 miles) Van Gordon Creek Prospect, Dumtah, Tulare County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Esquire No. 1, Rush Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. 3.009 (100), 2.580 (93)...70 [5.76] 98.66 (1) Esquire No. 1, Rush Creek, Fresno County, California, USA; average of 11 electron...goethite, opal, quartz, sanbornite, titantaramellite, traskite, witherite (Esquire No. 1 claim); cerchiaraite-(Fe)...witherite (Esquire No. 7 claim). Distribution: From the Esquire No. 1, Rush Creek, and Esquire No. 7 and No...No. 8 claims, Big Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. Name: For the analog of cerchiaraite with dominant
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
barium cyclosilicate chlorides from Italy and California, USA A. R. KAMPF1,*, A. C. ROBERTS2, K. E. VENANCE2...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA Geological Survey...Way, Sunnyvale, California 94087, USA P.O. Box 1978, Silver City, New Mexico 88062, USA [Received 2 October...Italy and the Esquire No. 7 and No. 8 claims, Big Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. The type localities...the Esquire No. 1 claim, Rush Creek, Fresno County, California, USA and the Esquire No. 7 and No. 8 claims
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
barium cyclosilicate chlorides from Italy and California, USA. Mineralogical Magazine, 77(1), 69–80. Cerchiaraite-(Fe)...Italy and the Esquire No. 7 and No. 8 claims, Big Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. Cerchiaraite-(Al)...at the Esquire No. 1 claim, Rush Creek, Fresno County, California, USA and at the Esquire No. 7 and No...Cerchiaraite-(Fe) and cerchiaraite-(Al) from the Esquire No. 1, No. 7, and No. 8 claims occur in parallelbedded quartz-sanbomite...along the margin of the vein. At the Esquire No. 1, No. 7, and No. 8 claims, both minerals occur as subparallel
Journal (issue)
Pelt, Los Angeles • Note our m ailing addressn P. (7 1 4 ) 494-7695 ... 494-5155 1 6 2 1 , Laguna Beach...Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............................101... 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...often easily done. Mastering these new techniques is no small task, and the high level of sophistication
Book (edition)
polished, 70 mm, Anjanabonoina, Madagaskar, G Page 5: Opal - fire, polished, 50 mm, Mezezo, Ethiopia, G Page...Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...Introduction .................................. 7 Mineral Species and their Localities .............geologists who wish to find additional information. 7 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Several definitions of...Mineralogical Tables" by Strunz and Nickel (2001). There is no problem with the validity of at least 95 % of minerals
 
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