| Locality type: | Basin |
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| Species: | Montmorillonite |
| Formula: | (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O |
| Comments: | Occurs along the Amargosa River (near Tecopa, Shoshone and Ash Meadows). |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Montmorillonite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Badwater Basin, Inyo County, California, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 647567 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:647567:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 2674defd-1c3b-435d-9d37-e319a643a402 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Montmorillonite |
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| 14.5km (9.0 miles) | ⓘHard Scramble claim, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA |
| 16.6km (10.3 miles) | ⓘMeridian claim, Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA |
| 38.8km (24.1 miles) | ⓘBallarat Saponite deposit, Ballarat, Panamint Mining District (Ballarat Mining District), Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo County, California, USA |
| 42.1km (26.2 miles) | ⓘLos Angeles Chemical Company Clay Property, Ash Meadows Mining District, Amargosa Desert, Nye County, Nevada, USA |
| 47.8km (29.7 miles) | ⓘSide Hill Clay deposit (Vanderbilt Sidehill Mine; Side Hill group of claims), Ash Meadows, Ash Meadows Mining District, Amargosa Desert, Nye County, Nevada, USA |
| 50.7km (31.5 miles) | ⓘK-B deposit (Ewing claims), Ash Meadows Mining District, Amargosa Desert, Nye County, Nevada, USA |
| 50.7km (31.5 miles) | ⓘEast Ash Meadows Clay Deposit, Ash Meadows Mining District, Amargosa Desert, Nye County, Nevada, USA |
| 63.9km (39.7 miles) | ⓘLake Tecopa Zeolite deposit, Lake Tecopa Basin, Inyo County, California, USA |
| 66.5km (41.3 miles) | ⓘDarwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA |
| 70.3km (43.7 miles) | ⓘDefiance Mine, Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA |
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