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Kaolinite from
Prairie Flower Mine, Yellow Pine Mine (Yellow Pine Lead Zinc Mine; Hilo; Radio; Como; Hermes), Goodsprings, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prairie Flower Mine, Yellow Pine Mine (Yellow Pine Lead Zinc Mine; Hilo; Radio; Como; Hermes), Goodsprings, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:288389
Long-form Identifier:1:3:288389:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘYellow Pine Mine (Yellow Pine Lead Zinc Mine; Hilo; Radio; Como; Hermes), Goodsprings, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘIron Gold Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) ⓘCrystal Pass properties, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
63.7km (39.6 miles) ⓘBoulder City deposit, Las Vegas Mining District, Clark County, Nevada, USA
65.8km (40.9 miles) ⓘThree Kids deposit (Manganese Inc. mine), Las Vegas Mining District, Clark County, Nevada, USA
70.6km (43.9 miles) ⓘWhitehart No. 1 prospect, Hart, Hart District (Castle Mountain District), Castle Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
72.0km (44.8 miles) ⓘC-1 Clay Mine (C-1 Hart Quarry; C-1 Hart Mine; Southern California Minerals Company; Coors; Milma patented claim), Hart, Hart District (Castle Mountain District), Castle Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
72.4km (45.0 miles) ⓘC. and M. deposit (C and M), Hart, Hart District (Castle Mountain District), Castle Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
73.1km (45.4 miles) ⓘP.S. Hart Mine (P. S. Hart Clay; Gladding Mc Bean Mine; Pacific Kaolin Mine; Standard Sanitary Mine), Hart, Hart District (Castle Mountain District), Castle Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
73.8km (45.9 miles) ⓘHuntington Tile Clay deposit (Castle Mountain Clay deposits; Hart Mountain Clay deposits), Hart, Hart District (Castle Mountain District), Castle Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
Castor, Stephen B.; Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology 512pp.
 
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