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Montmorillonite from
Sulphur Bank Mine (Sulfur Bank Mine; Sulphur Bank deposits), Clear Lake Oaks, Sulphur Creek Mining District (Sulfur Creek Mining District; Wilbur Springs Mining District), Lake County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Montmorillonite
Formula:(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Montmorillonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sulphur Bank Mine (Sulfur Bank Mine; Sulphur Bank deposits), Clear Lake Oaks, Sulphur Creek Mining District (Sulfur Creek Mining District; Wilbur Springs Mining District), Lake County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:144804
Long-form Identifier:1:3:144804:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Montmorillonite
31.9km (19.8 miles) ⓘMcLaughlin Mine (Manhattan Mine), Knoxville, Knoxville Mining District, Napa County, California, USA
92.8km (57.7 miles) ⓘStandard Oil deposit, Vacaville, Solano County, California, USA
References
White, D.E. & C.E. Roberson (1962), Sulphur Bank, California: Geological Society of America Buddington Memorial Volume: Petrologic studies: 408
Erd, Richard C., White, Donald E., Fahey, Joseph J., Lee, Donald E. (1964) Buddingtonite, an ammonium feldspar with zeolitic water. American Mineralogist, 49 (7-8) 831-850
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.p.439
 
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