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Agate from
Alvord Mine, Alvord Peak, Alvord District, Alvord Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Agate
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alvord Mine, Alvord Peak, Alvord District, Alvord Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:767303
Long-form Identifier:1:3:767303:0
GUID (UUID V4):09fafbf1-4952-4e76-8d38-a0f79b8bdba8
Nearest other occurrences of Agate
25.1km (15.6 miles) Cady Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
25.2km (15.7 miles) Mojave River Road, Afton Canyon, Afton, Cady Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
25.5km (15.9 miles) Wide Valley Agate occurrence, Cady Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) Afton Canyon, Afton, Cady Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
52.7km (32.7 miles) Opal Mountains Agate Field prospect (Black Mountain; Black Mtn), Opal Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
53.9km (33.5 miles) Unnamed Agate-Quartz occurrence [1], Eagle Crags, San Bernardino County, California, USA
66.1km (41.1 miles) Unnamed Agate-Quartz occurrence [2], Robbers Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
68.7km (42.7 miles) Turtle Mountain, Bell Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
84.1km (52.2 miles) Wingate Pass (Windy Gap), San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
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Journal (issue)
printed." 1633 EAST WALNUT STREET PASADENA 4 , CALIFORNIA. PHONE 5Y6-6423 OPEN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY...2-4—Arizona District 20-30 Club convention, Flagstaff. June 3-4—Hobby show, China Lake, California. June 3-25—Navajo...Storrie Lake, Las Vegas, Nevada. June 7-9—Rocky Mountain Federation rock show, El Paso, Texas. In the Coliseum...Sciot's Hall, 1005 East Sixth Street, Long Beach, California. June 11—Corpus Christi Sunday, outdoor religious...June 17-18—California Federation of Mineralogical Societies convention, at Trona, California. First true
Report (volume)
OCT 1 2 198 Mineral Resources of the Alvord Desert and East Alvord Wilderness Study Areas, Harney and Malheur...LOS ANGELES, California-Federal Bldg., Rm. 7638,300 N. Los Angeles St. MENLO PARK, California-Bldg. 3 (Stop...Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105,125 South State St. SAN FRANCISCO, California-Customhouse, Rm. 504,555 Battery St. SPOKANE... Chapter B Mineral Resources of the Alvord Desert and East Alvord Wilderness Study Areas, Harney and Malheur...1739 MINERAL RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS: ALVORD DESERT REGION, OREGON U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Journal (issue)
APRIL 29-30—14th annual flower show at Julian, California, to be continued each weekend during May. Mrs...Pioneer Day celebration at Twentynine Palms, California, with rodeo, archery and dancing. Barbecue at...national monument on the 30th, sponsored by San Bernardino county chamber of commerce. APRIL 30—Seventh annual...Antelope valley, California. APRIL 30-MAY 14—"It's Apple Blossom Time" in San Juan county, New Mexico. Apple...Fellows at Flagstaff, Arizona. MAY 1—Annual fiesta at San Felipe pueblo in New Mexico. MAY 1 — Special exhibit
Report (issue)
OF THE NORTHERN CADY MOUNTAINS, MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA BY Susan T. Miller OPEN-FILE REPORT 80-878...Survey standards and nomenclature Menlo Park, California 1980 CONTENTS Page Abstract——————————————...OF THE NORTHERN CADY MOUNTAINS, MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA By Susan T. Miller ABSTRACT Approximately 1250...in the northern Cady Mountains, Mojave Desert, California. These rocks are assigned to the Hector Formation...of the northern Cady Mountains, Mojave Desert, California (fig. 1). The study area is about seven square
Book
Gold) & Page 2, (Drywashing Gold) Courtesy of California Division of Mines and Geology OTHER BOOKS BY...BY THE AUTHOR WHERE TO FIND GOLD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Copyright 1975 by James Klein 3 c Library...Gold-Copper Mine, Stedman District. The Photo of underground workings in the mine, in San Bernardino County...courtesy of California Department of Mine and Geology. 6 Introduction The Southern California desert contains...Rosamond-Mohave Area This district is the closest to Los Angeles. Shown as the Mohave-Rosamond district by the State
Book (edition)
A Field Guide to the Most Important Areas in California. by DAROLD J. HENRY, A.B., M.S. FIRST E D1T...AROLD J. HENRY 1781 Fleming Street P omona, California 2 GEM TRAIL JOURNAL Table of Contents FOREWORD...FOSSIL HUNTER SONOMA COUNTY HUMBOLDT COUNTY CARPENTERIA FOSSILS SAN MATEO COUNTY FOSSILS SANTA BARBARA...VITT MEADOWS HIGH SIERRA GEM STONES MONTEREY COUNTY SAN BENITO JADEITE CINNABAR LOCALITY DARWIN MINERALS...CANYON KERN COUNTY DRY LAICOUNTY ONYX DEPOSIT WILDROSE CANYON . . . . . BROWN MOUNTAIN LOCALITY
Journal (issue)
105 611 South Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, California 92262 Phone (714) 325-1211 WILLIAM KNYVETT...Robert F. Campbell, Concord, California. THE PECULIAR PECCARY AGATE IN THE ALVORD HILLS Jack Pepper Chuck...ADVERTISING OFFICES: 74-109 Larrea St., Palm Desert, California 92260. Telephone Area Code 714 346-8144. Listed...monthly. Second class postage paid at Palm Desert, California and at additional mailing offices under Act of...least to reach the bloom stage. The Lancaster, California area, famous for its colorful flower displays
Journal (issue)
auction. The Rainier pit is in conflict with the Mine Enforcement and Safety Administration over the height...kiln to fuse crushed shale from western Washington County into small pellets. Fines produced during processing...The output of picture-rock jasper from Malheur County (Point 8, McDermitt area; Point 9, Lake Owyhee...the output is processed into finished gems by the mine owners. The rest is sold and shipped rough to other...Hanna Mining Company nickel mine at Riddle (Figure 2, Point 1), Douglas County, operated at about the same
Report (issue)
41. 42. 43. 44. Abert Rim Aldrich Mountain Alvord Desert Alvord Peak Badlands Basque Hills Beaver Dam...Bridge Creek Camp Creek Castle Rock Cedar Mountain Chopaka Mountain Clarks Butte Cottonwood Creek Cougar Well...Garden Lava Bed Diablo Mountain Disaster Peak Dry Creek Dry Creek Buttes East Alvord Fifteen Mile Creek Fish...Craters Lava Bed Gerry Mountain Gold Creek Guano Creek Hampton Butte Hawk Mountain Heath Lake High S teens...Ridge Malheur River-Bluebucket Creek McGraw Creek Mountain Lakes North Fork North Pole Ridge North Sisters
Book (edition)
on collecting. by DAROLD J. HENRY Author of California Gem Trails, Gem Trail Journal, The Rock Collector's...naturalist, a miner­ alogist, and an educator in California schools as well as a writer of many articles... Gordon, 1810 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach, California No portions of this book may be reproduced in... I l ti CALIFORNIA GEM TRAILS TABLE OF CONTENTS * FOREWORD NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.......................... GLASS MOUNTAIN............................................. SUGAR MOUNTAIN................
Book
r '* - < s i. \ \ ■ MAR 2 3 1983 SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY 223 0069 4304 \/w jin'll DATE... DESERT FEVER f An Overview of Mining in the California Desert Larry M. Vredenburgh Gary L. Shumway...Russell D. Hartill Living West Press Canoga Park, California Copyright c 1981 by Russell D. Hartill, Gary...of Desert Fever: An Overview of Mining in the California Desert has been limited to 1,000 copies of which...Future Imperial County 7 Riverside County 24 San Bernardino County Kern County 181 Inyo County 222 58 269
Book (edition)
Netarts Bay, Cape Meares, and Tillamook Bay Saddle Mountain, a remnant of submarine Miocene lava flows Depoe...Columbia River gorge between Bonneville Dam and Wind Mountain Index map of the Columbia River gorge . . . ..... . . . . . . Large landslide south of Humbug Mountain in deformed pre-Tertiary rock Colun1bia River...ancient Lake Chewaucan south of Paisley Steens Mountain from Alvord Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....ens Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steens Mountain scarp with Alvord Ranch and Alvord Desert
Journal (issue)
from nickel, was quiet. The state's only uronium mine and one of the two mercury producers shut down....second pipeline extending from Alberta, Canada, to California was started late in the year. The line will make...by-product tests on its Eden Ridge coal in Coos County. Pacific has been exploring the feasibility of...occurs in"several nearly hori zontal seams, in a mine-mouth steam plant for base-load p...Oregon in 1960 came from the Bretz mine in southwestern Harney County, operated by the Arentz-Comstock
Book (edition)
Areas in California . By DAROLD J . HENRY, Assoc. Prof. Mt. San Anton io College Pomona, California SECOND...1850 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach 6, California No portions of this book moy be reproduced in...NORTHER:-J CALIFORNIA SONO J\IA OUN TY ANTA RO A . H Ui\IDOLOT O NTY GARl3ERV I LLE: SAN BEN ITO COUN... J\IONTEREY COUNTY i\fON TEREY NEPHRITF. S IU,TCH PARKPIELO DISTRICT PARKPIELD DISTRICT KE:TCII S A:-J...INYO CO UNTY ONYX INYO COUNTY ONYX DEPOSIT SKET CH DEATH VALLEY . TIN MOUNTAIN . . BAD\VATER ARTIST CANYON
Report (volume)
North-Central Harney County, Oregon Poker Jim Ridge and Fort Warner Areas of the Hart Mountain National Antelope...Antelope Refuge, Lake County, Oregon By GEORGE W. WALKER and DONALD A. SWANSON STUDIES RELATED TO WILDERNESS...Malheur National Wildlife Refuge North-Central Harney County, Oregon By GEORGE W. WALKER and DONALD A. SWANSON...NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NORTH-CENTRAL HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON By GEORGE W. WALKER and DONALD A. SWANSON...National Wildlife Refuge, north-central Harney County, Oreg. The two areas occupy the shallow center
Report (volume)
North-Central Harney County, Oregon Poker Jim Ridge and Fort Warner Areas of the Hart Mountain National Antelope...Antelope Refuge, Lake County, Oregon By GEORGE W. WALKER and DONALD A. SWANSON STUDIES RELATED TO WILDERNESS...Malheur National Wildlife Refuge North-Central Harney County, Oregon By GEORGE W. WALKER and DONALD A. SWANSON...NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NORTH-CENTRAL HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON By GEORGE W. WALKER and DONALD A. SWANSON...National Wildlife Refuge, north-central Harney County, Oreg. The two areas occupy the shallow center
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan...Buchanan in 1938. The Terlingua mining district is noted for its rare mercury minerals. Mining here was...from 1900 to the middle 1940s; but the Mariposa mine, which produced most of the rare minerals, ceased...(Smith, 1988) and a modification of that in the "California Locality Index" (Kampf et al., 1989). I have...& Minerals on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991)
Journal (issue)
12 S •• R. 2 W., south of Peterson Butte. Linn County . other eJ'l"atics an nearby. FiguN The effect...PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that Coos County intends to lease mineral rights for gas and oil...oil in approximately 13,000 acres of land in Coos County. Descriptions will be sent on request to below...conditions and regulations set forth by the Coos County Board of Commissioners in the document entitled...leases Denver, Colorado Los Angeles,.California San Francisco, California Tacoma, Washington Terrebonne, Oregon
Report (issue)
Resources Area, Humboldt of the Harney County, Pueblo County, Mountains Oregon, Nevada Pueblo study...MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PUEBLO AREA, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON COUNTY, NEVADA Steven R. Munts By and Spencee... (OR-002-81/NV-020-642), Harney County, OR, and Humboldt County, This open file report will be summarized...gold. The Victor group, especially the Rabbit Hole mine, northeast of the SA, has also produced small quantities...placer gold production from the Pueblo Mountain mining district and vicinity. At least 628 lode and 4
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U.S.) that has been opened up...which is in Imperial County—the remaining northern part is in Riverside County. The sample is a dark...the Riverside County-Imperial County line. I believe this material is from Imperial County, although identical...extending into the Coachella Valley area of Riverside County. Coachella, by the way, is thought to be a corruption...dated Feb. 26, 1957 from Lila Mae Victor (Victor Agate Shop), ROCKS AND MINERALS 1709 South Cedar, Spokane
Journal (issue)
000 ft) and occurs within the vicinity of Diamond Peak in the extreme north-central part of the area (Figure...e. B., 1967, Physiography of the United States: San Francisco, Calif., W.H. Freeman and Co., 480 p. Lupher...Exploration Co. Bully Creek Malheur County Anadark o Product ion Alvord Oeser! Harney Cou nty Co. Phillips...Co. Glass Buttes Lake County Hunt Energy Co. Owyhee Reservoir Malheur County Oregon Dept. of Geology...Count y C hevron Resources S. Cru mp Lake Lake County #66 Prospect Well #67 P rospect Well #68 Prospect
Journal (issue)
printed." 1633 EAST WALNUT STREET . -. PASADENA 4, CALIFORNIA. OFCN cm rntOAr'AHO JATURDAY. OMVY M O A M -...club will climb Pleasant Mountain and Cerro Gordo peak above Keeler, California. Oct. 1—Official opening...vacation season, Phoenix, Arizona. Oct. 1—Santa Cruz County Fair and Rodeo, Sonoita, Arizona. Oct. 1-7—Annual...association annual conference, Las Vegas. Oct. 5-8—Graham County Fair, Safford, Arizona. Oct. 6-8—Tri-State Fair...Cochise County Fair, Douglas, Arizona. Oct. 7-8—Mass field trip sponsored by the Clark County Gem Collectors
Report (volume)
Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Harney County, Oregon, and Humboldt County, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Harney County, Oregon, and Humboldt County, Nevada By ROBERT C. ROBACK, DEAN...MINERAL RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS STEENS MOUNTAIN RINCON REGION, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of the Pueblo Mountain Wilderness Study Area, Harney County, Oregon, and Humboldt County, Nevada. U.S...mineral resources Pueblo Mountain Wilderness (Or. and Nev.) 2. Pueblo Mountain Wilderness (or and Nev.)
Journal (issue)
Oregon tsunami hazard signs officially adopted by California, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii Undersea earthquakes...tsunami hazard zone and evacuation route signs for California, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii. This means that...of Coquille Point and the city of Bandon in Coos County. This Oregon Department of Transportation photo...paleoliquefaction evidence in the central Cascadia margin, USA by Curt D. Peterson, Portland State University, Portland...correspond to historic seismic sources (Obermeier, 1996). Peak ground accelerations and corresponding soil liquefaction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
senopyrite in Darien (Fairfield Co.), Levesque, Cross County, Arkansas. The Conn., for over a year. A few weeks...the farming district south of quartz, and finally a solid vein of rich San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo...thundereggs are filled with a good clear patterned agate." — item from Mary E. King, Box 1347, Palmer, Alaska...A H O — "This specimen was found in Twin Falls County about 10 miles south of Hagerman, Idaho. These...a fairly new limestone quarry in eastern DeKalb County, 111. There were a few small fossils in the limestone
 
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