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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Mimetite
Formula:Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mimetite 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 (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:680252
Long-form Identifier:1:3:680252:3
GUID (UUID V4):84accd2b-a5f3-4f78-8553-ae08c624d7df
Nearest other occurrences of Mimetite
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) Bird Nest E3, 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
10.5km (6.5 miles) Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) C-Site, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
49.0km (30.4 miles) Mohawk Mine, Mohawk Hill, Clark Mountain District (Clark District), Clark Mts (Clark Mountain Range), San Bernardino County, California, USA
53.3km (33.1 miles) Alvord Mine, Alvord Peak, Alvord District, Alvord Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
61.0km (37.9 miles) War Eagle Mine, Shoshone Mines (Shoshone Mines group; Shoshone Mine group; Grant Mine; Mabel Mine; Black Prince Mine), Upper Noonday Camp, Nopah Range, Inyo County, California, USA
References
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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)
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)
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)
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 (issue)
11 am We are pleased to have Joe Marty from Salt Lake City with us for the day. He will be talking and...Wisniewski of Wendell, Idaho, Jim Johnson of Atlantic Mine, Michigan and Dan Johnson of Spring Creek, Nevada...great grandchildren. His interest in mineral and mining was something that he liked to share with schools...in the first anthropology class to graduate from San Diego State University. Following graduation, Jerry...Howard Recent rare mineral finds in Southern California and Nevada Desert Mines Robert M. Housley 210
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...mineral, tellurate, crystal structure, Otto Mountain, California IntRoductIon Housleyite, Pb6CuTe4O18(OH)2
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
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
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)
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)
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...and markcooperite, all from Otto Mountain, just northwest of Baker, California. His mention of the new minerals
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
Book (edition)
McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...used mining districts as part of the locality description. These political and geographic district names...with a more descriptive term, metallic mineral district. This term shows the geochemical and mineralogical...reader to learn more about the geology of the district and to possibly predict the minerals that could...districts. Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral
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)
'1030571 04 M030562 04 M030563 04 '1030584 04 CouNTY DEPosir 'ostHP +litire LAtiroOE ♦ Looroae 28N... wA A 7 PROSPECT 15N 02E 27 MU AMOLE DISTRICT BANNER DISTRICT BLUE HELL GROUP 19N 215W 101 35-03-A wA...CUA AG BORIANA MINE 18N 115W 118 34-56-154 113-54-53W CATALINA DISTRICT CATALINA DISTRICT CHILDS-ALOWINKLE...CHILDS-ALOWINKLE HUN CINNABAR MINE 02N I14-19-18w 09 33-32-154A CUPRITE MINI 175 16E 28 31-55-314 110-42-30w CU AG...35 35-25-254 114-10-31W AU AG MO V EMPIRE MINE ESPERANZA MINE GROUP 185 12E SO.31-52-204 111-08-08W PB
Report (issue)
31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of...Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph...production of environmental protection equipment. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...to Nevada in 1929 and was actively involved in mining in the state and the western U.S. for the rest
Journal (issue)
particularly from the huge silver deposits of Mexico and eru. panish silver mining remade the economy of the...that of the ew it furthered a healthy growth in mining technology, and its infrastructure proved vital...the modern world possible, and many of the great silver mines developed during colonial times are familiar... ab e An 8-reales coin dated 1727, minted from silver mined at Cerro Rico de Potos , Bolivia. Because...bears their portraits. W W E W E W W W W E MINING BEGINS IN ME ICO 6 The Mineralogical Record,
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minerals. From precious native elements such as silver, gold and copper to complex silicates such as vesuvianite...the geysers at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Silica-rich minerals are deposited by the hot water...rt in hwnan history. Prehistoric artists from the San people of South Africa to the ancient Egyptians ground...1500s, the German Inspired by Button's ideas, more mining engineer Georgius Agricola and more geologists...materials of the landscape. Every valley, hill and mountain peak is made entirely of rocks and minera ls.
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The Mineral Collect Bayldonite froin Madison County, Montana Larry B. French 21 N. Winchester Miles...Tobacco Root Mountains trend nearly north-south across the northern section of Madi son County, Montana.... Pre-camb1ian metamo rphic rocks compose the mountain core, with distorted Paleozoic sedimentary rocks...ng fau lts. Along the mounta in front, severa l mining districts were deAeloped beginning in the 1880s...commodities sought 9 'cre golc~ silver, copper, lead, and zinc. The Tidal Wave District occupies the western Oank
Book
The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission... CONTENTS • Foreword lX Preface Xl Important Mining Districts 1 Discovery and Developments in Mexico...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in Mexico, which produce fine mineral...geologists, mineralo- LX x I Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors
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vanadinite, Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz...right) topaz, Thomas Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower...Red Clouo rrnn·a, Arizona; (lower right, center) mimetite, Tsurneb, Namibia, (lower, right) gold, Amazonas...Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...MP Arnold Hampson Anonymous photographer David Baker Dan Behnke Eric Offermann Jack Lowell Les Horvath
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Collector's Newsle Secondary Minerals from the Federal Mine #4 near Granby, Missouri Chris DeGrave degravec@charter...my fancy. OK, enough Fig. 1 Anglesite, Federal Mine #4, Granby, Missouri. Continued on p. 5 Some Fluorescent...massive opaque green fluorapatite from the Parker Mountain pegmatite near Center Strafford located about...cav it y mmerals 111 Conway Granite from Moat Mountain. Bartlett. New Hampshire. that are dominated by...is a no fee public collecting area in the White Mountain National Forest. The cavities may also conta in
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