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Schist from
Lucky Strike, Black Mountain, Chocolate Mountains Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA


Classification
Type:Schist
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schist data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lucky Strike, Black Mountain, Chocolate Mountains Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1107934
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1107934:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Schist
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘCrown Uranium prospect (Crown Uranium group; Tenn-Cal claims; Tenn-Cal group), Glamis, Chocolate Mountains Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
10.4km (6.5 miles) ⓘCaveman Mine (Cave Man group of claims; Scudder prospect; Caveman group), Quartz Peak, Paymaster Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
11.5km (7.1 miles) ⓘLand group (Big Chief; Calcite), Glamis, Chocolate Mountains Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
19.0km (11.8 miles) ⓘWestern Non-Metallic Mine (Western Non-Metallic Company Mine), Obregon, Cargo Muchacho Mining District (Hedges Mining District; Ogilby Mining District), Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
20.2km (12.6 miles) ⓘBluebird Kyanite Mine (Vitrefrax Corporation property; Vitrefrax Mine; Bluebird Hill Kyanite deposit; Drifted Snow; Foster Bluebird Mine; Bluebird Mine; Ogilby Kyanite deposit), Vitrefrax Hill (Bluebird Hill), Obregon, Cargo Muchacho Mining District (Hedges Mining District; Ogilby Mining District), Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
20.3km (12.6 miles) ⓘPaymaster Mine (Paymaster group; Complex Minerals; President claim; Flagpole group; Hazel claim; Emilia), Midway Well, Paymaster Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘMendeville Mine (Meniville group of claims), Picacho Peak, Picacho Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘBlack Eagle prospect (Black Eagle Mine), Blue Mountain, Imperial County, California, USA
65.8km (40.9 miles) ⓘMarcella prospect (Imperial Buttes), Lion Head Mountain, Chocolate Mountains Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
84.8km (52.7 miles) ⓘPalen Mountains Talc deposit (White Magic claims; White Magic deposit; White Magic group; White Magic Mine), Palen Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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