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Talc from
Rand Mountains, Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Mountain Range
Classification
Species:Talc
Formula:Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Comments:Occurs as a matrix component in schists.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Actinolite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Talc data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rand Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:646419
Long-form Identifier:1:3:646419:6
GUID (UUID V4):c77b64c8-9384-43ec-88e0-c3ef91cf710f
Nearest other occurrences of Talc
8.2km (5.1 miles) Serpentine prospect, Sidney Peak, Kern County, California, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) Tommy Knocker prospect, Sidney Peak, Kern County, California, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) Desert View prospect, Sidney Peak, Kern County, California, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) Rosco prospect, Sidney Peak, Kern County, California, USA
52.2km (32.4 miles) Unnamed Talc prospect [6], Opal Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
58.7km (36.5 miles) Juanita group (Dixie), Copper City, San Bernardino County, California, USA
76.7km (47.6 miles) Arondo Mine (Orondo; Arando; Oroanda), Reilly (Anthony Mill ruins), Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo County, California, USA
77.5km (48.2 miles) Stockwell Mine, Slate summit, Slate Range Mining District (Arondo Mining District), Slate Range, Inyo County, California, USA
85.2km (53.0 miles) Unnamed Fe-Lazulite occurrence [1], Stoddard Mountain, Rodman Mountains, Belleville Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
85.3km (53.0 miles) Ozark Mine (Midas; The Big Ten), Quartzite Mountain, Oro Grande Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
RANDSBURG QUADRANGLE OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN ISSUED Na. $5 BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU FERRY...UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS FRONTISPIECE. ^'l HIGH GRADE SILVER ORE. From 6th level, California Rand...characteristic of the ore. Natural size. 37841 CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU FERRY LLOYD L. RUrr.DTNG...Randsburg Quadrangle CALIFORNIA By CARLTON D. HULTN, Ph. D. LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALiFORNIA; DAVIS CALIFOKNIA...Printer SACRAMENTO, 1925 LIBRARY UNlVERSliY OF CALIFORNIA DAViS f\ CONTENTS. Page H INTRODUCTION
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/loi/tigr20 The Pelona–Orocopia–Rand and related schists of southern California: a review of the best-known...(2016): The Pelona–Orocopia–Rand and related schists of southern California: a review of the best-known...1230836 The Pelona–Orocopia–Rand and related schists of southern California: a review of the best-known...College, St. Paul, MN, USA ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY The Pelona–Orocopia–Rand and related schists of...of southern California are an archetypal example of an exhumed shallow subduction complex. ‘The schist’
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
insights from the San Emigdio Schist, southern California A. D. CHAPMAN,1 P. I. LUFFI,2 J. B. SALEEBY1...Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, M ⁄ C 100-23 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena,... CA 91125, USA (alan@gps.caltech.edu) 2 Department of Earth Science, Rice University MS-126, 6100 Main...Main St., Houston, TX 77005, USA 3 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford...Cambridge, MA 02138, USA ABSTRACT The San Emigdio and related Pelona, Orocopia, Rand and Sierra de Salinas
Report (issue)
LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2014 https://archive...RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 1 i y... Front cover: The exceedingly varied terrain of Kern County is shown by the brown section— from McKittrick...Sierra Nevada and Owens Peak (highest point in the county); on the east (right side) is the sharp descent...section, taken farther south, shows the Tehachapi Mountains and the Mojave Desert. Cover design by Elinor
Report (issue)
FRAMEWORK ROCKS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA BY Donald C. Ross OPEN-FILE REPORT 8?-8l ...and stratigraphic nomenclature. Menlo Park, California 1987 CONTENTS Page Illustrations . - Ab...River pendant Fountain Springs pendant 43 - 44 Rand Schist 45 Bean Canyon formation 49 Salt Creek...Generalized geologic map of the southern Sierra Nevada, California showing grouping of pre-plutonic metamorphic...of the Sierra Nevada. IV Exotic slivers of the Rand Schist are preserved in the Garlock and Pastoria
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...____________________ _ Pelona Schist_ _________________________ _ Rand Schist_ __ ~ _______________________ _ Mesquite...Horned Toad Formation ________________ El Paso Mountains area ________ -_----------Goler Formation _______________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inverted metamorphism in the Pelona and Rand Schists, southern California, using calciferous amphibole in mafic...Iowa State University, Ames, IA 5001 I , USA ABSTRACT The Rand and Pelona Schists consist of eugeoclinal...continental basement along the Vincent-Chocolate Mountains (VCM) faults. Both schists display inverted metamorphic...Sodic amphibole in epidote blueschists from the Rand Schist is extensively replaced by sodic-calcic amphibole...amphibole. Sodic-calcic amphibole in the Rand Schist and Pelona Schist is, itself, rimmed by actinolitic
Book
DESERT FEVER f An Overview of Mining in the California Desert Larry M. Vredenburgh Gary L. Shumway...Russell D. Hartill Living West Press Canoga Park, California Copyright c 1981 by Russell D. Hartill, Gary...of Desert Fever: An Overview of Mining in the California Desert has been limited to 1,000 copies of which...Future Imperial County 7 Riverside County 24 San Bernardino County Kern County 181 Inyo County 222 58 269...269 Summary of Mining in the California Desert Bibliography 284 Glossary of Mining Terms 299 Index 305
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RICHARD SACHSE, Director DIVISION OF MINES FERRY...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1940 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 85005 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY Of CALIFORNIA DAVIS ] DIVISION OF MINES...District i) Current Mining Activity in Southern California 9 GEOLOGIC BRANCH 83 Current Notes 83 SPECIAL...o.» •«-£] — M EH am «— ""j *-**", V I CALIFORNIA LASSEN. J _ I | SUSANVtllE • | I -,
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES D. H. RLOOD, Director MINES DIVISION C FERRY...Mineralogist JANUARY and APRIL, 1933 Nos. 1 and 2 CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE HARRY HAMMOND, STATE...Norte and Siskiyou Counties, North- westernmost California 123 Applications of Geology to Civil Engineering...Engineering 161 The Lakes 175 OIL FIELD of California DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS SPECIAL ARTICLES 238
Report (issue)
above sea level. It is east of the Santa Rita Mountains, about 3 miles from the summit of Melendreth Pass...Raymond, R. W., Mines and mining west of the Rocky Mountains, 1875, p. 390. 11 12 CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC...March 17, 1875, but was never recorded with the county officials. In 1876 Raymond 0 reported that the...Raymond, R. W., Mines and mining west of the Rocky Mountains, 1876, p. 342. b Burchard, H. C., Production of...rounded knobs. From the summit of the Santa Rita Mountains, which opposite this place are rather low, there
Book
MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
Report (issue)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TALC RESOURCES OF THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES By...the U.S. Government. 1995 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Talc Resources of the conterminous United States Contents............................................8 Talc and talc-bearing rocks ................................optical properties of talc .........................10 Geology and Genesis of Talc Deposits .................................................12 Uses for talc ...............................................
Journal (issue)
S STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RICHARD SACHSE, Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist January, 1941 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 95183 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF- CALIFORNIA DAV I 1 DIVISION OF...Field District 8 Mineral Resources of Trinity County, by Chas. Volney Averill GEOLOGIC BRANCH 8 90...Geologic Investigation of the Chromite Deposits of California, by John 101 Eliot Allen SPECIAL ARTICLES 108
Book
7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794
Book
kilowatt-hour 3 557. 1 * MORRIS, ROBERT M. GEOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA 79 r793 HILLSDALE BRANC0 San Mateo Public...Mateo, CA 94402 “Questions Answered" Geology of California Cover Illustration: Dome This monolith of...Nevada was formed. Half Dome is one of the famous mountains of North America. (Photo by Spence Air Photos...courtesy of Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles.) Half Frontpiece in Yosemite...Geography, University of California, Los Angeles.) * > Geology of California Robert M. Norris, Professor
Report (issue)
Plutonic Rocks of the Southernmost Sierra Nevada, California, and Their Tectonic Framework U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Plutonic Rocks of the Southernmost Sierra Nevada, California, and Their Tectonic Framework By DONALD C. ROSS...plutonic rocks of the southernmost Sierra Nevada, California, and their tectonic framework / by Donald C....Sierra Nevada Mountains (Calif, and Nev.) 2. Rocks, Metamorphic Sierra Nevada Mountains (Calif, and Nev...amphibolite, and granulite of San EmigdioTehachapi Mountains -------------Setting -----------------------Description
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rocks from the Pelona, Orocopia, and Rand Schists, southern California M. Robert Dawson and Carl E. Jacobson...Pelona-Orocopia-Rand (POR) schist, a presumed subduction complex in southern California, have been analyzed...includes five samples from the Rand Mountains and one from the San Gabriel Mountains, has elemental abundances...3) consists of two samples from the Orocopia Mountains that resemble alkalic ocean-island basalts. The...protoliths of the POR schist: open ocean, Gulf of California-type basin, trapped back-arc basin, and rifted
Report (issue)
] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1934 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE HARRY HAMMOND. STATE...SACRAMENTO. 1934 10323 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF« CALIFORNIA DAVIS 1 DIVISION OF MINES EXECUTIVE AND TECHNICAL...Mineral Resources of Northeastern Madera County, California Geology and Mineral Deposits of Laurel and
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WARREN T. HANNUM, Director...1949 Number CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY LIBRARY iWIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Davis 1 STATE... STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Wakren T Hannum, Director...a service laboratory for the determination of California minerals; and a conference room with a mining...industry, geology, and mining operations of California is distributed to the public by means monthly
Report (volume)
NAMES AND DEFINITIONS OF THE GEOLOGIC UNITS OF CALIFORNIA COMPILED BY M.GRACE WILMARTH UNITED STATES...form in which it is presented. It happens that California is almost completely isolated from the other...in California extend into Oregon and Washington, and the number that come into eastern California from...Names and definitions of the geologic units of California " as a separate publication. Its compactness...work is temporarily or habitually restricted to California. In the text that follows names of provincial
Report (issue)
fjil* STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 170...Director DIVISION OF MINES Son Francisco STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN San Francisco J. Ferry Building,...OlAF 170 September 1954 GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RICHARD Edited by H. JAHNS CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS...transmit herewith nulletin 170, Geoloejy of Southern California, prepared nnder the direction of Olaf P. Jenkins...Richard II. Jahns, professor of geology at the California Institute of Technology. Four other members of
Journal (issue)
"elephant country" exi ted was in outhea tern Kern County, California, in tile Moj ve-Ro amond mining di trict...central and eastern portion of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It of the property the quartz monis a basement...of the economics of mineral production in the California Desert, Dr. Anderson considered the effects of...(SB 21) would have on the economy of Southern California. In this abridged article from her much larger...impact on six ofthe 25 minerals produced in the California Desert. We see herein the scope and the substantial
 
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