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Housleyite from
Aga Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Housleyite
Formula:Pb6CuTe46+O18(OH)2
Habit:monoclinic
Colour:blue grey to blue
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Markcooperite4 photos of Housleyite associated with Markcooperite at this locality.
Ottoite2 photos of Housleyite associated with Ottoite at this locality.
Eckhardite1 photo of Housleyite associated with Eckhardite at this locality.
Gold1 photo of Housleyite associated with Gold at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Housleyite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Aga Mine, 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:635165
Long-form Identifier:1:3:635165:6
GUID (UUID V4):641b81f6-6cb8-46f6-b3a3-9f1faf74f759
Nearest other occurrences of Housleyite
0.5km (0.3 miles) SW cut, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Ridge Ledge prospect, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...crystals associated with native gold at the Aga mine on Otto Mountain. Within a week, he identified the green...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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization at the Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, California, USA ANDREW G. CHRISTY1,*, STUART J. MILLS2...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA Division of Geological...Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA 53898 S. Newport Circle...Bountiful, UT 84010, USA 65199 E. Silver Oak Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA [Received 1 February...oxysalt minerals has been documented from Otto Mountain, California, and 18 of these from the Bird Nest drift
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: II. Housleyite, Pb6CuTe4O18(OH)2, a new...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...ABstRAct Housleyite, Pb6CuTe4O18(OH)2, is a new tellurate from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, named...and in small vugs in brecciated quartz veins. Housleyite is directly associated with acanthite, cerussite
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
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
Report (issue)
Housleyite Pb6CuTe4O18(OH)2 Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 2/m. As prismatic to bladed crystals...Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 3.195 (100), 2.942 (80)...84 3.72 0.84 100.00 (1) Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 3 EDS analyses...From the Aga mine, and the Bird Nest Drift, Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County...County, California, USA. Name: Honors Robert M. Housley (b. 1934), Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Aga mine, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 3.029 (100), 4.771...3.13 . 100.00 (1) Aga mine, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 4 electron...cerussite, housleyite, khinite-4O, markcooperite, timroseite. Distribution: From the Aga mine, Otto Mountain...Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: A prefix, para, for its...Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA (62263 and 62534). References: (1)
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
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
Report (issue)
4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 3.015 (100), 3.055 (90)...71.77 28.23 100.00 (1) Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 5 electron microprobe...wulfenite, housleyite, markcooperite, thorneite, timroseite. Distribution: From the Aga mine, and the Bird...Nest Drift, Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: For...locality, Otto Mountain, California, USA. Type Material: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los
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
Report (issue)
2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 2.732 (100), 2.950 (88)...28.94 1.48 . 100.00 (1) Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 4 electron microprobe...bromine-rich chlorargyrite, chrysocolla, gold, housleyite, iodargyrite, khinite-4O, markcooperite, ottoite...the Aga mine and the Bird Nest drift, southwest flank of Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San...San Bernardino County, California, USA. At the Vesley mine, Granite Gap, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
Report (issue)
Pattern: Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 5.94 (100), 2.645 (89)...00 (1) Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; normalized average of 4...gold, housleyite, khinite, markcooperite, ottoite. Distribution: From the Bird Nest drift and Aga mine...mine, Otto Mountain, near Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: Honors Colonel Eckhard D.... Stuart (b. 1939) of Madison, Mississippi, USA., a mineral collector who has provided numerous samples
Report (issue)
2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 3.235 (100), 2.873 (40)...34 31.50 . 100.00 (1) Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 5 electron microprobe... wulfenite, housleyite, thorneite, ottoite, timroseite. Distribution: From the Aga mine and the Bird...southwest flank of Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: Honors...Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA (62510, 62511, and 62512). References:
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
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...from a specimen collected on the dump of the Kato mine, Munakata City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was
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
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
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
Report (issue)
001(9) X-ray Powder Pattern: Tombstone, Arizona, USA. 2.491 (10), 3.451 (9), 4.866 (8), 2.996 (7), 2.204...36.41 34.05 2.75 100.00 (1) Tombstone, Arizona, USA; insoluble quartz and chlorargyrite present but in...mojaveite, cerussite, chrysocolla, perite, quartz (Aga mine); mojaveite, andradite, chrysocolla, cerussite...ottoite, thorneite (Otto Mountain). Distribution: From the dump of the Old Guard mine, and at the Lucky...the Aga mine and the Bird Nest drift, Mojave Desert, and at Otto Mountain, near Baker, California, USA
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2012 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: VII. Chromschieffelinite, Pb10...History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Geosciences...and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 4 Mineralogy...(H2O)5, is a new tellurate from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, named as the chromate analog of...tellurate, crystal structure, schieffelinite, Otto Mountain, California Introduction During our continuing investigations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
years ago to some of the classic mines in La Paz County, Arizona. A sandwich lunch then prepared the The...fault lines, it is little surprise that Redlands, California, home of the Pacific Micromount Conference of...of the Mineralogical Society of Southern California (MSSC), is used to things that start with a bang....welcomed forty-seven registrants to the San Bernardino County Museum. In fact, they got going so quickly...paratimroseite, housleyite, telluroperite, and markcooperite, all from Otto Mountain, just northwest of Baker, California
Book (edition)
MINE andtheir LOCALITIES JAN H. BERNARD AND JAROSLAV HYRSL INERALS DESCRIBED SINCE 2004 MINERALS...dist., China Fluomatromicrolite, x 25111111, Naipa mine, Mozambique Daliranite, 5111111, Zarshouran Au-As...Domafov, Czech Rep. Juangodoyite, 60111111, Santa Rosa mine, Chile Back cover photo: Ho/fertile on hematite...piment pseudomo,phs after realga,; 75 mm, Palomo mine, Pen, Page 3: Stepite on arsenic, 45 111111,Jachymov...province prefecture county departement departamento district municipio Saint
 
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