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Jasper from
Castle Butte, California City, Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Table/Butte
Classification
Type:Jasper
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Jasper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Castle Butte, California City, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:146199
Long-form Identifier:1:3:146199:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Jasper
30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘRed Rock Canyon prospects, Ricardo, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
34.9km (21.7 miles) ⓘUnspecified Chalcedony occurrence(s) [1], Last Chance Canyon, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
37.7km (23.4 miles) ⓘGem Hill, Rosamond Hills, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
38.4km (23.9 miles) ⓘHorse Canyon Agate Beds (Cache Creek), Sugarloaf Mountain, Loraine Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
55.9km (34.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Jasper occurrence [2], Black Mountain [2], San Bernardino County, California, USA
74.1km (46.0 miles) ⓘStewart Jasper deposit, Antelope Valley, Acton, Acton Mining District, Los Angeles County, California, USA
81.6km (50.7 miles) ⓘTurtle Mountain, Bell Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
89.2km (55.4 miles) ⓘTick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles County, California, USA
93.6km (58.2 miles) ⓘLillie Mine (Mature Consolidated), Slate Range Mining District (Arondo Mining District), Slate Range, Inyo County, California, USA
94.7km (58.9 miles) ⓘCalico-Odessa group, Calico, Calico District (Daggett District; Calico-Daggett area), Calico Mts (Calico Hills), San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
Strong, Mary Francis (1971) Desert Gem Trails - A Field Guide to the Gem and Mineral localities of the Mojave Desert, Colorado Desert and adjacent areas of Nevada and Arizona (2nd ed.). Gembooks.
 
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