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Orthoclase from
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Saline Lake
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Comments:Found in the bottom mud and mixed layer of sediments.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:686178
Long-form Identifier:1:3:686178:0
GUID (UUID V4):ebbe5f87-fdce-488a-a828-3eae3d53cdcb
Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase
51.9km (32.3 miles) Little Lake Perlite deposits (Desert Materials Corp. deposit), Sugarloaf Mountain, Inyo County, California, USA
52.4km (32.6 miles) Unnamed lava flow [1], Sugarloaf Mountain, Inyo County, California, USA
61.3km (38.1 miles) Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
61.6km (38.2 miles) Fernando Mine (St. Charles; Hayward; Darwin Silver project; Fernando and St Charles), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
62.2km (38.6 miles) St. Charles Mine, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
63.3km (39.4 miles) Wonder Mine, Ophir Mountain, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
64.0km (39.8 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
78.9km (49.0 miles) Aquaduct Road area occurrence, Chuckwalla Mountain, Kern County, California, USA
94.8km (58.9 miles) Unnamed Hornblende occurrence [2], Little Dodd Spring, Ubehebe Mining District, Cottonwood Mountains, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo County, California, USA
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Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............................101 by E... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...Ramona in e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey...Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town kept...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...mineral exhibit in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966)...Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines and Geology Francisco
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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...Mineralogist OIAF GEOLOGIC BFL^NCH Ferry Building, San Francisco San Francisco P. JENKINS Chief Geologist ...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
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] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF...DIVISION Director OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO OLAF San Francisco P. 11 JENKINS, Chief BULLETIN...BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia, Los Angek...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
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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
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M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN N«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...;wIFORNIA STATE Mii^ix^v BtmiiAU FERRY BUILDING - SAN FRANOSCC im^ ibiiiiiiliiii .III— Bb^aa^Aai^^A...FERRY BUILDIN(;. MININC; BUREAU SAN FRANCISCO FLETCHER HAMILTON San Francisco] State Mineralogi8l ...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE
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exploratory wells and the Westvaco mine, Sweetwater County, Wyo____----_______-______-_-___ Photograph of...from the John Hay, Jr., well 1, in Svveetwater County, Wyo., about 18 miles west of the City of Green...indicates site of the John Hay, Jr., well 1, Sweetwater County, Wyo. INTRODUCTION In the Wyoming area the Green...miles west of the city of Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyo. was put down in the search for oil and gas...exploratory wells and the Westvaco mine in Sweetwater County, Wyo. DRILL CORE OF THE JOHN HAY, JR., WELL 1
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^ '“ P r . . . I West Orange SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY 9048 00992838 7 257989 R q549...q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T 5 w! balJ E...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
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radial groups on limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals...lapis AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and...Calcium iron cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoirna Canyon Large black tabular...basic sulfate of aluminum and potassium Utah .Piute County, Tushar Mountains, Marysvale ----i'>ink crystalline...crystal vugs ALTAITE Lead telluride Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Cleavage plates in quartz with pyrite
Catalog/List
Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...Calcium iron cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular...magnesium iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline...BARKEVIKITE A basic silicate of sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls...syenite CROSSITE Sodium iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with
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maintained. ALL PRICES ARE F.O.B. SIERRA MADRE, CALIFORNIA AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE Being strictly...ENS - pos t office box 66 5 - sierra madre - california 91024 -1- BO XE D CO L LE CT I O NS Many...following state maps imprinted on the background: California Arizona Nevada New Mex i co Wyoming Alaska ...SPECI~IENS - post office box 66 5 - sie rra madre - california 91024 -3- S I UDE NI COL L E CT O N S -I...SPECIMENS - post office box 665 - sierra rnadre - california 91024 -5- r n tt T E ~ J s n F SS-12S SEnJ
Report (issue)
Minerals of California By ARTHUR S. EAKLE, MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining...Hon Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of the State of California. Sir: I have the honor to transmit Bureau...of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this date through...Bureau. and Mineralogy of the University of California, with this Eakle has given freely of his time...Minerals Distribution by Counties Bibliography on California Minerals Index to Minerals — 197 204 210 220
Catalog/List
yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins £4 063 CAVANSITE...(Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 497 TELLURITE Te 0/2 good...brown metallic (Herbb £2 Mine, Powhatton County Virginia USA) lcm £6 314 PYRARGYRITE Ag/3 SbS/3 pure crystalline...masses, well coating matrix. (Dooneen Mine Allihies, County Cork, S.Ireland) . lxl £3.50. 1x2 £6.50 2xl.5ins...matrix.(some + Micros! Monument 1 Mine, Navajo County,Arizona,USA) lxl.£3.50 1x2 £7.00 118 CONICHALCITE green
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIFORNIA Bulletin 156...156 1950 DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING. SAN FRANCISCO r^ ^\ n^ p \/ THE PRO FILE COPYy THE...OFFICE LOS ANGELES / PLEASE RETURN STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN. Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO OLAF P. JENKINS. Chiei SAN FRANCISCO BULLETIN 11 AUGUST...AUGUST 156 1950 MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIFORNIA GEOLOGIC OCCURRENCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND UTILIZATION
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fvpplement to MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA For 1955 Through 1957 California Division of Mines Supplement...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA For 1955 through 1957 By JOSEPh t^4Ara^ % University of California, Los Ange...WEBB University of California, Santa (Barbara with INDEX TO MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA ARRANGED BY COUNTIES...ELIZABETH COLLINS California Division of Mines Supplement to Bulletin 173 California Division of Mines... LIBRARY LWIVERSITY OF CAUPORNI/. T~» A T7-TO San Francisco, 1960 OF ^^S^ !^< EDMUND G. BROWN
Report (issue)
Petrology of the Lava Mountains, San Bernardino County, California GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL ...Prepared partly in cooperation with the State of California, Department of Conservation, Division of Mines...Petrology of the Lava Mountains, San Bernardino County, California By GEORGE I. SMITH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Prepared partly in cooper aion with the State of California^ Department >f Conservation^ Division of Mines...26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. Index map of California showing area of figure 2 and plate l________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
W... Zg3 Anderson, C. A. Volcanoes of Medicine Lake Highland, Calif.. . 166 Andradite. 432 Anhydrite...(Chirvinsky) .... Foshag,W. tr'.Sodium bicarbonate from Searles Lake, Calif.. . . . 169 with Palache, C. Antofagastite...applied to pre-Cambrian rocks of the south shore of Lake Superior. (Tyler,Marsden)... 180 Hematite. 708 Ilendricks... Petrologic study of Tertiary volcanic rocks of San Juan region, Colo. Plagioclase feldspars. .........from refractive indices. 457 Lapis lazuli from San Bernardino lll Co., Calif. CRogers).... 821 Lapparentite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
been found in Magnet Cove, Hot Springs Co., Ark. CALIFORNIA — Mrs. Margaret Bensusan, 8615 Columbus Ave....Mine), a gold mine in the Mint Canyon area, West San Gabriel Mts., Los Angeles Co., Calif., 3 miles N...Pacific R. R. "One of the largest producers in the county, it has yielded over 2 million dollars worth of...when the property was acquired by Gov. Gage of California. "The principal rock of the district is granodiorite...hanksite (enclosed with letter) from Searles Lake, Trona (San Bernardino Co.), Calif. These are representative
Report (issue)
SALINES IN THE OWENS, SEARLES, AND PANAMINT BASINS, SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA. By HOYT S. GALE. INTRODUCTION...valley floor commonly known as Searles Lake, in southeastern California, has lately come into prominence...features of the lake history and the deposition of the salines through the drying up of the lake waters are...what is now the desert region of southeastern California. These flood waters passed from Owens Valley...source of the water supply, through Indian Wells, Searles, and Panamint valleys, in each of which there was
Book
radiating structure. Opposite: gold on quartz from California. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 7 THE MINERAL KINGDOM...states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua, Mexico. In the USA silver occurs at Keweenaw, Michigan, in association...neighbourhood of sulphur¬ bearing agents. Above: Copper from Lake Superior. Michigan. This crystal shows the enlarged...Corocoro, Bolivia, and at Cananea, Mexico. In the USA copper is found in abundance in the Keweenaw area...from South Africa, Above: Gold on quartz from California. Such a specimen would command very high prices
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grain structure. It contains mostly quartz and orthoclase feldspar with some smaller amounts of a darker...granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...Fluorite is a common example. Aragonite (Utah, USA) 27 Crystals Crystal Morphology The term morphology...crystal form. Other crystals Wulfenite (Arizona, USA) 29 may show lesser symmetry on a scale at the...produced where necessary. Monoclinic system Orthoclase The monoclinic system has three crystallographic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hartfi rd, and Deerfield rift basins, northeastern USA Peter C. van de Kamp a,*, Bernard E. Leake b,c "..." 1750 CabernetLane, St. Helena, CA 94574-1604, USA b Department of Geology andApplied Geology, The University...basement rocks similar to the Sierra Nevada of California. The physical and chemical environments of erosion...Newark and Hartford rift basins of the northeastern USA in the Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic, soda-tich...diagenesis in the Sierra Nevada and Great Basin of California and Nevada. These sediments, developed during
Report (volume)
Investigations in the Mojave Desert and Adjacent Region California GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1045 This bulletin...investigations in the Mojave Desert and adjacent, region, California. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., I960......Bibliographies included. 1. Geology California Mojave Desert. 2. Borings California ... Mojave Desert. 3. Mojave...Mojave Desert, California. (Series) CONTENTS [The letters in parentheses preceding the titles designate...(A) Core logs from Owens, China, Searles, and Panamint basins, California, by George I. Smith and Walden
Catalog/List
mas'= (Tushar Mts, ne2r ~1.:w 7;·1il.le F'ilut·e County, Utah, U.S.A) 1x1 fl.30 lx2 f?.40 15 AMAZ0NITE...APATITE dark brownmasseson or in Andesite. (Francois Lake. 8.C. Can~da) 1 x ~ ins 70p lxl•tt.40 1x2t3,00 ...rich yellow masses with minor quartz. County, NevadaU.S.A) lxl BOp 55 BINDHEIMITE quite rich...massive. (sharon heights~ M2nloPark· Santaclara County, Caifornia U.S.A) 1x1 !4 77 BUSTAMITE pink massive...grey granular mass (Big Creel:,Fresno Courity,California U.S.A) '4 x ¼ l2. 20 85 CERVANDONITE micro black
Report (issue)
iwun iiii ii i iii ii i i ii OF MINES BUUDma SAN TBANOSCO m ii0t4fUHUH M>eaaon«*«t. ...nitt% tia COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA 3 si C 5.2 — m V u M O ^ o —< c

...O Is =^ •He ^ 1< o ;-< p **-• STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...Director DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO OLAF SAN FRANCISCO P. 11 JENKINS, Chief BULLETIN...BULLETIN MARCH 155 1951 MINERALS USEFUL TO CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF

 
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