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Halite from
Pacific Salt & Chemical Company operation, Trona, Argus District, Argus Range (Argus Mountains; Darwin Range; Tortoise Mountains), San Bernardino County, California, USA


Classification
Species:Halite
Formula:NaCl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Halite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pacific Salt & Chemical Company operation, Trona, Argus District, Argus Range (Argus Mountains; Darwin Range; Tortoise Mountains), San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1091908
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1091908:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Halite
4.8km (3.0 miles) Unnamed Salt dredging operation [1], Argus, Argus District, Argus Range (Argus Mountains; Darwin Range; Tortoise Mountains), San Bernardino County, California, USA
28.6km (17.7 miles) China Lake Mine (China Lake deposit), China Lake, China Lake [town], Kern County, California, USA
37.3km (23.2 miles) Ballarat Saponite deposit, Ballarat, Panamint Mining District (Ballarat Mining District), Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
62.0km (38.5 miles) Owls Head Celestite prospect (Owlshead), Owl Hole Springs, Owlshead Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
62.5km (38.8 miles) Bennetts Well, Inyo County, California, USA
64.0km (39.8 miles) Owl Hole deposit (Owl Hole Gypsum prospect group; Owl Hole Spring deposit), Owl Hole Springs, Owlshead Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
65.0km (40.4 miles) Eagle Borax Spring, Inyo County, California, USA
65.3km (40.6 miles) Fremont Salt Company Mine, Saltdale, Fremont Valley, Kern County, California, USA
66.9km (41.6 miles) Koehn Clay deposit (Koehn deposit; Red Rose claim; White Rose claim), Red Buttes, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
69.7km (43.3 miles) Koehn Lake evaporite deposit, Koehn Lake (Kane Springs; Desert Springs), Saltdale, Fremont Valley, Kern County, California, USA
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