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


Locality type:Adit
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified, Inferred (explain how)
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite 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:1393255
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1393255:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
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) ⓘBlue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
17.4km (10.8 miles) ⓘThomas Nos. 1-6 Iron claims (Iron King deposit; Iron King prospect; Iron King group), Silver Lake, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘIron Mountain deposit (Iron Mountain-Iron King-Silver Lake), Silver Lake, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
20.1km (12.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au-Cu-Fe mine [1], Cave Canyon District, Cave Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘCronese Mine, Cave Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
21.8km (13.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed Fe occurrence [16] (Unnamed prospect), Cave Canyon District, Cave Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
22.9km (14.2 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
24.7km (15.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed Fe deposit [23], Cave Canyon District, Cave Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
Collected by and in the collection of Alex Earl
 
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