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Gold from
Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Drift
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Khinite10 photos of Gold associated with Khinite at this locality.
Timroseite4 photos of Gold associated with Timroseite at this locality.
Quartz3 photos of Gold associated with Quartz at this locality.
Chrysocolla2 photos of Gold associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Goethite2 photos of Gold associated with Goethite at this locality.
Thorneite1 photo of Gold associated with Thorneite at this locality.
Eckhardite1 photo of Gold associated with Eckhardite at this locality.
Chlorargyrite1 photo of Gold associated with Chlorargyrite at this locality.
Markcooperite1 photo of Gold associated with Markcooperite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (9 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:666909
Long-form Identifier:1:3:666909:6
GUID (UUID V4):a48097b6-601c-474b-8e80-e4f720a77eda
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
0.1km (0.1 miles) Bird Nest E3, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.1km (0.1 miles) Ridge Ledge prospect, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Library Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) SW cut, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) NE2 vein, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Aga Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) E-Site, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
18.6km (11.6 miles) Wanderer Mine (Wander; Wonderer), Halloran Springs, Halloran Springs 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...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)
secondary Te mineralization at the Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, California, USA ANDREW G. CHRISTY1,*, STUART...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...documented from Otto Mountain, California, and 18 of these from the Bird Nest drift sublocality. A paragenetic
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 5.94 (100), 2...47 100.00 (1) Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; normalized average...chlorargyrite, gold, housleyite, khinite, markcooperite, ottoite. Distribution: From the Bird Nest drift and Aga...Aga mine, Otto Mountain, near Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: Honors Colonel Eckhard...Eckhard D. Stuart (b. 1939) of Madison, Mississippi, USA., a mineral collector who has provided numerous samples
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 3.224 (100), 3...89 100.00 (1) Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 3 electron...quartz veins. Association: Acanthite, cerussite, gold, hessite, iodargyrite, khinite, wulfenite, housleyite...the Bird Nest drift, southwest flank of Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County...County, California, USA. Name: Honors avid field collector, Brent Thorne (b. 1951) of Bountiful, Utah, the
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...discovery of larger crystals of munakataite at Otto Mountain afforded the opportunity to collect structure
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...Association: Acanthite, bromine-rich chlorargyrite, gold, iodargyrite, khinite, wulfenite, housleyite, markcooperite...the Bird Nest Drift, Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA...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)
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...quartz veins. Association: Acanthite, cerussite, gold, hessite, iodargyrite, khinite-4O, wulfenite, thorneite...the Bird Nest Drift, Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA...Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA. Type Material: Natural
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...cerussite, bromine-rich chlorargyrite, chrysocolla, gold, housleyite, iodargyrite, khinite-4O, markcooperite...the Bird Nest drift, southwest flank of Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County...County, California, USA. At the Vesley mine, Granite Gap, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA. Name: Honors Timothy
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)
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: 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)
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)
2010 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: II. Housleyite, Pb6CuTe4O18(OH)2...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...Pb6CuTe4O18(OH)2, is a new tellurate from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, named in honor of Robert M. Housley...is directly associated with acanthite, cerussite, gold, iodargyrite, khinite-4O, wulfenite, and three other
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)
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)
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...Chlorargyrite, dugganite, quetzalcoatlite, tlapallite, gold, chrysocolla, tenorite, quartz (Tombstone); mojaveite...paratimroseite, quartz, wulfenite (Bird Nest drift); acanthite, cerussite, gold, iodargyrite, wulfenite, markcooperite...markcooperite, ottoite, thorneite (Otto Mountain). Distribution: From the dump of the Old Guard mine, and
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 (issue)
BUDAPEST. Óbudai Kulturális Központ Nonprofit Kft., San Marco utca 81. www...Australia 39-46 Gold in South Australia 47-52 The supergene zone of the Peak Hill gold mine, NSW, Australia...Australia 53-60 The gold nugget bonanza of Goanna Patch, W. Australia 61-62 Obituary : Ernest H. Nickel...396-413 Creede, the last wild west silver mining camp in Colorado (USA) 414-424 Colorado miner&l treasures...Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA 426-431 Calaverite, Cripple Creek, Colorado (USA) 434-439 Mineral treasures
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
IMA No. 2012-045 Harmunite CaFe2O4 Jabel Harmun Mountain, Judea Desert, West Bank, Palestinian Autonomy... Arizona, USA, catalogue number 19341, and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA, catalogue...Nickelpicromerite K2Ni(SO4)2·6H2O Slyudorudnik, Kyshtym District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, South Urals, Russia (55º40’12’’N...Lizard mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan County, Utah Anatoly V. Kasatkin*, Fabrizio Nestola...Jude mine, Gypsum Valley, Slick Rock, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA Anthony R. Kampf, John M. Hughes*
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA; 4Division of Geological...Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA; 5Department of Core...7Renaissance Gold Inc., 4750 Longley Lane, Suite 106, Reno, NV 89502, USA; 85199 East Silver Oak Road, Salt...Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA; 9124 Pineplank Lane, Simi Valley, CA 93065, USA; and 10Laboratoire de...wellcrystallised tlapallite at the Wildcat prospect, Utah, USA. The chemical formula of tlapallite has been revised
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Leicht KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle... Gressman tom.gressman@minrec.org The Tintic District: Juab and Utah Counties, Utah...................Moore tpmoore1@cox.net Ferrierite from the Kamloops Lake area, southern British Columbia...................CLINOCLASE, 3.9 cm, from the Mammoth mine, Tintic District, Utah. Rock Currier collection; Jeff Scovil photo...(deceased) Peter L. Via (deceased) SENIOR FELLOWS Gold Level Scott A. Rudolph (2022–2023) Gail & Jim Spann
 
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