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Goethite from
Upper D-Site, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Adit
Classification
Species:Goethite
Formula:Fe3+O(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified, Inferred (explain how)
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Perite2
Quetzalcoatlite2
Kettnerite2
Wulfenite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Goethite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Upper D-Site, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1393250
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1393250:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Goethite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘLower D-Site, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘE-Site, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘB-Site, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘUpper 2A-Site, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘBlue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘSW cut, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.2km (6.4 miles) ⓘRidge Ledge prospect, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘLibrary Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘBird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘBird Nest E3, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
Collected by and in the collection of Alex Earl
 
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