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


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Timroseite1 photo of Acanthite associated with Timroseite at this locality.
Anglesite1 photo of Acanthite associated with Anglesite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Acanthite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:694907
Long-form Identifier:1:3:694907:5
GUID (UUID V4):43c6dccc-483e-44ac-88d5-dee4610ce953
Localities for Acanthite in this Region
Aga Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Bird Nest E3, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Library Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
NE2 vein, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
SW cut, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Bird Nest E3, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) Library Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) NE2 vein, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) SW cut, 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
10.4km (6.4 miles) B-Site, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.4km (6.5 miles) Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
56.0km (34.8 miles) Morning Star Mine, Kessler Peak, Ivanpah Mountains, Ivanpah Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
58.2km (36.2 miles) Death Valley Mine (Cima-Death Valley Mine; Dolly Varden Mine; Arcalvada Mine), Cima, Ivanpah Valley, Ivanpah Mining 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...associated with native gold at the Aga mine on Otto Mountain. Within a week, he identified the green crystals...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
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Otto Mountain, near Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA. 3.174 (100), 2.597...86 1.10 100.00 (1) Otto Mountain, near Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA; average electron microprobe...hessite, with chalcopyrite and galena. Association: Acanthite, cerussite, hematite, khinite, phosphohedyphane...mine) on Otto Mountain, 2.5 km west northwest of Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA. Name: Honors...to 1825 or 1826), an Austrian mineralogist and mining engineer who discovered tellurium in 1782. Type
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)
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...brecciation of the quartz veins. Association: Acanthite, bromine-rich chlorargyrite, gold, iodargyrite...Nest Drift, Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: For...locality, Otto Mountain, California, USA. Type Material: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los
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...brecciation of the quartz veins. Association: Acanthite, cerussite, gold, hessite, iodargyrite, khinite-4O...Nest Drift, Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: Honors...Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA. Type Material: Natural
Report (issue)
Pattern: Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 2.857 (100), 3.750 (58)...00 (1) Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 4 electron microprobe...interacting with primary tellurides. Association: Acanthite, bromine-rich chlorargyrite, caledonite, cerussite...southwest flank of Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: Indicates...Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA (62513 and 62514). References: (1)
Report (issue)
Pattern: Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 3.224 (100), 3.351 (66)...00 (1) Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 3 electron microprobe...brecciation of the quartz veins. Association: Acanthite, cerussite, gold, hessite, iodargyrite, khinite...southwest flank of Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: Honors...Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA (62257, 62258, 62259 and 62260)
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...interacting with primary tellurides. Association: Acanthite, cerussite, bromine-rich chlorargyrite, chrysocolla...southwest flank of Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. At the Vesley...Vesley mine, Granite Gap, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA. Name: Honors Timothy (Tim) P. Rose (b. 1960)
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)
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
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...veins. Housleyite is directly associated with acanthite, cerussite, gold, iodargyrite, khinite-4O, wulfenite
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)
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: 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)
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)
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)
September/October: Silver crystals, Bachelor mine, Amethyst vein system, Mineral County, Colorado; Dave...Symposium: Contributed Papers in Specimen Mineralogy Acanthite, Nevada, 514 Actinolite, Quebec, 498 Adamite,...Nevada, 515 Annabergite, Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece, R. B. Cook, 154–59 Apatite, nomenclature...Mistaken Identities, A. L. Guth, 456–58 Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum, 280 Arkansas, wavellite, 346–50... 124–32 Bahmann, U., Raspite from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia, 272–74 Baileychlore, 319 Bailey, D.
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
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Joe Marchesani; Jmarch06@comcast.net SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER: Dr. Don Buchanan; dbuch7326@aol.com...went to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County for their “Form and Function” display with biological...put on a nice enjoyable meeting. The Southern California Chapter had their symposium and field trip also...Wendell E. Wilson for St. Andreasberg, Western Harz Mountains, Riedersachsen, Germany. Vol. 48, May-June, 2017...approved, 1 abstention. passed . St. Western Harz Mountains, Riedersachsen, Germany Volume 48, May-June, 2017
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scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Scovil except as noted) (top row, from left) Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru;...photo. Amethyst scepter, 17 cm, from Petersen Mountain, Nevada; Brianna and Brendan Traw collection....Philadelphia. The California Gold Rush of 1849 brought huge numbers of gold seekers to California, and some of...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific
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...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...drift, Mojave Desert, and at Otto Mountain, near Baker, California, USA. Name: Honors BaSaw Khin (b.
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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...of a pascoite group mineral at a mine in Grand County, Utah. Died, Alex Earl, 26 Jayson Alexander (“Alex”)
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found at the Sentyabr’skoe deposit, Ilirney ore district, Western Chukotka, North-Eastern Region, Russia...brochantite, linarite, posnjakite, chlorargyrite, acanthite, gold, brucite, goethite, coronadite, paratellurite...sphalerite, hessite, petzite, altaite, primary acanthite and gold, etc. Raisaite occurs as prismatic crystals...ore deposit; Sentyabr’skoe deposit; Ilirney ore district; Chukotka peninsula. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11...deposits actively mined at present for gold and silver. We believe that such diversity of Te minerals
 
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