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Strontianite from
Mud Hills (Strontium Hills), Barstow Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Strontianite
Formula:SrCO3
Comments:Occurs as large deposits of brown fibrous material and gray granular material in limestone; also fan-shaped or spherical aggregates to 3 inches in size in clay beds.
Habit:Fibrous; fan-shaped or spherical aggregates
Colour:Brown, gray
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Celestine
Celestine
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Strontianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mud Hills (Strontium Hills), Barstow Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:10657
Long-form Identifier:1:3:10657:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Strontianite in this Region
Solomon deposit, Mud Hills (Strontium Hills), Barstow Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Strontianite
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘSolomon deposit, Mud Hills (Strontium Hills), Barstow Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘRoss Mine (Ross deposit; Barstow Mine; T.G. Nicklin), Calico, Calico District (Daggett District; Calico-Daggett area), Calico Mts (Calico Hills), San Bernardino County, California, USA
31.0km (19.3 miles) ⓘColumbus Mine (Gem Borate Mine; Gem Mine), Daggett Ridge, Belleville Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
61.9km (38.5 miles) ⓘKramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
72.2km (44.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Sr prospect [4] (Unnamed Strontianite prospect), Sleeping Beauty, San Bernardino County, California, USA
74.4km (46.3 miles) ⓘDupont Stontianite group (Ludlow; L.A. Davis; Rowe and Buehler Mine; Argos deposit), Argos, San Bernardino County, California, USA
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