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


Locality type:Diggings
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Raman Spectroscopy
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view SW cut, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1356981
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1356981:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘBird Nest E3, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘBird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘOtto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
9.9km (6.2 miles) ⓘB-Site, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘBlue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘC-Site, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) ⓘHalloran Springs Mine (Halloran Spring Mine; Totec; Toltec), Halloran Springs, Halloran Springs District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
30.8km (19.1 miles) ⓘCave Canyon Mine (Cave Canyon Iron Ore deposits; Cave Canyon Iron deposit; Baxter; Basin), Cave Canyon District, Cave Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
43.4km (27.0 miles) ⓘGlory Mine (Foster Mine), Shadow Mountain, Shadow Mts [1], San Bernardino County, California, USA
47.1km (29.3 miles) ⓘOld Dominion Mine, Broadwell Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
collected by and in the collection of Eckhard D. Stuart
Raman ID by Robert Housley, CalTech
 
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