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Agate from
Castle Butte, California City, Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Table/Butte
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Agate
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Castle Butte, California City, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:146201
Long-form Identifier:1:3:146201:2
GUID (UUID V4):7f804321-7540-43e5-a013-db2313ceea4f
Nearest other occurrences of Agate
31.0km (19.3 miles) Red Rock Canyon prospects, Ricardo, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
31.8km (19.8 miles) Soledad Mountain (Butte Mountain), Mojave, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
34.9km (21.7 miles) Unspecified Chalcedony occurrence(s) [1], Last Chance Canyon, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
37.7km (23.4 miles) Gem Hill, Rosamond Hills, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
38.4km (23.9 miles) Horse Canyon Agate Beds (Cache Creek), Sugarloaf Mountain, Loraine Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
61.9km (38.5 miles) Opal Mountains Agate Field prospect (Black Mountain; Black Mtn), Opal Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
73.6km (45.8 miles) Unnamed Agate-Quartz occurrence [2], Robbers Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
77.9km (48.4 miles) Escondido Canyon Road - Hubbard Road area, Agua Dulce, Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County, California, USA
80.6km (50.1 miles) Unnamed Agate-Quartz occurrence [1], Eagle Crags, San Bernardino County, California, USA
81.6km (50.7 miles) Turtle Mountain, Bell Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
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Book
Canyon Hov/lite................................. Agate Valley................................................. Boron Travertine..................... Castle Butte Petrified Palm................. Victorville.......... Lonely Butte Petrified Reed..................... Four Corners Dendritic Agate .................SAGENITE TYPE OF f^ATERIAL FOUND 1) Sagenite in agate, roses, 3") Aragonite is reportedly found here ...small-needled clusters of yellow to brown in agate. Good agate which takes an excellent polish and is good
Book (volume)
THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...The Southwestern Quadrant Arizoni, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisicna, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...treasured friend, Frank A. Greene, Jr. of Coal City, Illinois | ae a nem ee as - @ lan aus...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
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's...Kemp of Chicago, Illinois, Marcus Daly Pruett of Butte, Montana, Walter Wright of the Prospectors Shop...color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of eral color, as in opals. Fashion... such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystal- line. For example, an agate nodule may
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Vegas View lots are free of city taxes but adjacent to the present Las Vegas city limits —totally unlike much...brochure and sales contract to me today. NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE Memories of Rawhide . . . LETTERS FROM...I feel it essential that LYNN FAUSETT Salt Lake City Varmint Callers . . . To the Editor: I have followed...Mine By RICHARD C. BAILEY. A short jaunt into California back-country. 16 What Price Acculturation? By...580 South Son Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles 48, California. Phone: 651-3930 NEW YORK—210 E. 53rd St. PL
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-.c,c,i c:c.)� i;Jrni;s •r,\ ·1e•:� JOURNAL California Federation of Mineralogical Societies AND American...Park, Los Angeles, California says that the lapidary societies of Southern California are doing a fine...Lake Gem & Mineral So­ ciety, Inc., of Trona, California, will hold their annual Hobby Show November 18...was the mass field trip sponsored by the Clark County Gem Collectors of Las Vegas, Nev. , Oct. 7 and...register. The camp site, prepared under the di- California Fed. Directors Meet in Bakersfield President
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..........................................49 California ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
Report (volume)
............................................ California................................................mineralogic reports, especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota,...Bulletin, 1912. Eakle, A. S., Minerals of California: California State Min. Bur. Bull. 67, 1914. George...Palo Alto. Prof. Arthur S. Eakle, University of California,- Berkeley. Colorado_____Prof. R. D. George,...Indianapolis. Iowa___ __Prof. George F. Kay, Iowa City. Kansas_____Prof. Erasmus Haworth, Lawrence. Kentucky____Mr
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Anima.s (Afton Canyon) in the Mojave Desert, California. Photo by Jerry Strong. I DESErt TGEM TrtAJLS...$2.00 Published By G E M B O O K S MENTONE CALIFORNIA 92359 Copyright @ 1966 by Gembooks T A B...Gem Claim Volcanic Hills Montezuma Silver Peak Agate C O N T E N T S 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 CAL I F ORN I A...Basin Fossils Jasp-agate Hill Black Canyon -- Opal Mountain Boron Kramer Hills Castle Butte -- Boron Dry Lakes...Lakes Lonely Butte Gem Hill Verde Antique Quarry Tricolored Marble Ord Mountain Rhyolite Pipes Canyon
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MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl *"» Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y ' £f h % ^...Johnson, of Napa, California; Norman and Betty Lemkau of Castro Valley, California; Herbert V. Corbett...and Washington beaches, the Mojave desert of California and the Sonoran desert of Arizona, the lake beaches...tourmaline by the bushel basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big diamond or
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California ................................................459 Appendix C - The Various Names & Forms of Agate.....................................467 Appendix...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
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..........................................39 California ................................................461 Appendix C - The Various Names & Forms of Agate.....................................469 Appendix...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Report (issue)
Areal .Geology of the ,,. Western Mojave Desert California .. GEOLOGICAL b SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER... Areal Geology of the Western· Moj.ave Desert California By TI-IOMAS W. DIBBLEE, ]R. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT CALIFORNIA .,. Aerial view looking nol'thwest o,·er the...central areas ______________________ _ Antelope Butte, Rosamond, and Mojave areas __ Gem Hill Formation..._ Bissell Formation ______________________ _ Castle Butte, Boron, and Kramer Hills areas __ _ Unnamed
Journal (issue)
Arizona. Nov. 1-2—Annual rodeo and parade, Blythe, California. Nov. 6-7—New Mexico farm bureau convention,... New Mexico. Nov. 14-16—Second annual Greenlee county rodeo, Apache Grove, between Clifton and Duncan...club to climb Picacho peak in Southern California and Castle Dome in Arizona. Niles Werner, leader. Nov...Edgar Alwin Payne, Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, California. Volume 11 COVER GRAND CANYON VOYAGE. P h o...you postpaid for . . . $1.25 EACH El Ceatro, California NOVEMBER, 1947 11 By CHAS. KELLY a n d CHARLOTTE
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continue unabated through the winter. SCOTTY'S CASTLE DEATH VALLEY HOURLY TOURS OF FABULOUS Overnight...from $13 d b l . See your Travel Agent or write— CASTLE HEAD OFFICE 1462 N. Stanley Ave Hollywood 46, Calif...THE TIME Stove Pipe Wells Hotel Death Valley California Home of the Famous Annual Confirmed or Prospective...a jolly crowd. Very informal. Located in the California Desert just a mile West of the Imperial Dam For...Pines Highway, Palm Springs, California. Dec. 5—Lecture "Indians of California" by Arthur and Donald Barr
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Show. The Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, found quartz crystals, wulfenite...a mes E . Warren, Sr. P. O . B o x 2 8 7 Johnson City, N.Y. 1 3790 Editor- Mrs. Betty E F M L S 593...Clauser reported that six members of the Bucks County Earth Science Society, Feasterville, placed in...demonstrated "His kind of Faceting." The Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club, Frederick, made a trip to...Lapidary and Mineral Society of Prince George's County, Md., had a program based on the "Pacific Ring
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GEMOLOGY * GEOLOGY * FOSSILS OFFICIAL JOURNAL California Federation of Mineralogical Societi�s nssw ...Show The Gem and Mineral Society of San Mateo County will hold its 2nd Annual Exhibit on May 5 and 6...numbers were mailed properly and were received in the city of their destination. ',(/IU1,(UU'f,cuu; M� S...Patterson, N. J. and the Oxford County Mineral and Gem Associg.tion, Oxford County, Maine were recently admitted...It is hoped that every member society of the California Federation wlll enter an exhibit. The rules (which
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Barbara, California Desert dandelions on the Mojave Desert. Photo by Mary Beal of Daggett, California. TRANSPLANTING...TRANSPLANTING By GLENN W. ARMSTRONG Barstow, California Oh! Thoughtless person who planted me here Away...sand. • • • LOST GOLD By BESSIE BERG Rio Linda, California Lost in the desert of the years A golden fortune...• • DOMINION AT HAND By AMY VIAU Santa Ana, California The prospector sat beside his door And watched...Hill, in southwest corner of Antelope Valley, California. March 7—Western Saddle Club gymkhana, Squaw
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By MABELLE B. MCGUIRE Ventura, California Last night the desert lay below. Today at dawn there was...BURBANK BY DOROTHY LA TRAILLE San Bernardino, California Today the robins rested, Tonight brought flights...s • MY DESERT By HELEN M. NANCE Long Beach, California What does the desert mean to me, The sagebrush...For man is seedling of a star. Victorville, California Why must we hurry through our lives for fortunes...FANTASY By ELSIE MCKINNON STRACHAN Santa Ana, California The tumbleweeds came rolling through the town
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Encampment December 1 and 2 at famous Furnace Creek, California. Overnight camping under the stars is fun looked...counties represented in the encampment — Los Angeles, Kern, Inyo and San Bernardino. The Death Valley area...MAGAZINE DESERT CALENDAR November 22-25—Southern California Chapter of the Sierra Club plans Thanksgiving...Desert Peaks Section field trip to Mount Picacho and Castle Dome, north of Yuma in Arizona. November 24-25—Brawley...society show, Brawley Union High School, Brawley, California. December 1 — "Shalako" celebration and house
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HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...Vincenzo de Michele. curator of mineralogy at the City Museum of Milan, wrote: "In the last few years...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...glittering calcite or quartz Often these can be California, in in Southwestern Maine, around the town
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CENTS %ee By CHARLES C. STEVENSON Los Angeles, California Oh ageless One, You stand a silent sentinel of...INFLUENCE By MARGARET HORMELL North Palm Springs, California I think of God, in greasewood after rain— Its...Schoeb DAY OF WRATH By PHILIP L. COFFIN Yucaipa, California Noon on the desert. The meridian sun Brands the...THE PROSPECTOR'S GAIN By AMY VIAU Santa Ana, California The prospector's eyes are squint and keen From... AFTER THE SHOWER By MARY PERDEW Santa Ana, California Jeweled thorns on the Prickly pear, Diamond tear
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for showing his wonderful collection of fine cut agate material. Mr. Jackson introduced us to the newly...Herkimer "Diamonds," a fine pyritohedron from Salt Lake City, Utah, calcite with marcasite and sphalerite from...Angeles Lapidary Society at the Third Annual California Hobby Show was attracting huge crowds and making...he had recently mined on his property in Morgan County. He had with him a particularly attractive specimen...Atlanta, Ga. California Hobby Show More than 100,00 persons attended the 1951 California Hobby Show at
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and solution to the Blue ROCKS AND MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA by Brown and Allan. Descriptions, maps, illustrations...ORDER (Not Each Book) for handling and mailing CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ALSO ADD 5 PERCENT SALES TAX Send check...order to Desert Magazine Book Shop, Palm Desert, California 92260. Sorry, but we cannot accept charges or... heavy paperback, 72 pages, $2.00. EXPLORING CALIFORNIA BYWAYS — DESERT COUNTRY by Russ Leadabrand. The...you on 1 1 trips through the desert country of California, including both passenger car and four-wheel-drive
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too busy to be helpful." UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA THE DESERT MAGAZINE DESERT • Reading Walter...the Chocolate mountain country to find the Black Butte gold. All they needed were directions for reaching...DESERT By J U N E LEMERT PAXTON Yucca Valley, California The cloudburst struck the canyon deep. With raging...Publishing Company, 636 State Street, El Centro, California. Entered as second class matter October 11, 1937...1937, at the post office at El Centro, California, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Title registered No
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uncommon in their lifestyles. page 20 The Cactus City Clarion: t M\ ^ ^ ! i .1 u 1 1 The Day 20...attends Sherman Indian High School in Riverside, California, a long way from her home in Shongopovi Village...436-4218. Second Class Postage paid at Encinitas, California. Copyright 1981 by Desert Magazine. All rights...is a start. It is better than moving to a far-off city. Assimilation needn't mean loneliness in a strange...Freeway, Rte 57) 966 North Main Street Orange, California 92667 Phone (714) 637-8824 Store Hours: Weekdays
 
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