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Gillespite from
Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA


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Gillespite, etc.

Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Gillespite

Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Gillespite, etc.

Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Gillespite

Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Gillespite, etc.

Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Gillespite

Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Gillespite, etc.

Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Gillespite

Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Gillespite, etc.

Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Gillespite

Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Gillespite, etc.

Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Gillespite

Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
Locality type:Claim
Classification
Species:Gillespite
Formula:BaFe2+Si4O10
Comments:Occurs sparingly.
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz4
Titantaramellite2
Anandite2
Pyrrhotite1
Pellyite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gillespite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:47489
Long-form Identifier:1:3:47489:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Gillespite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘEsquire No. 8 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘBig Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘSnow Cap Mine, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
72.4km (45.0 miles) ⓘBaumann prospect (Bauman Ranch), Dumtah, Tulare County, California, USA
References
Walstrom, Robert E. (n.d.) Personal communication.
Basciano, L. C., Groat, L. A., Roberts, A. C., Grice, J. D., Dunning, G. E., Foord, E. E., Kjarsgaard, I. M., Walstrom, R. E. (2001) Kampfite, a new barium silicate carbonate mineral species from Fresno County, California. The Canadian Mineralogist, 39 (4) 1053-1058 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.39.4.1053
Mandarino, Joseph A. (2002) Abstracts of New Mineral Descriptions. The Mineralogical Record, 33 (2) 161-172
Kampf, A. R., Rossman, G. R., Steele, I. M., Pluth, J. J., Dunning, G. E., Walstrom, R. E. (2010) Devitoite, a new heterophyllosilicate with astrophyllite-like layers from eastern Fresno County, California. The Canadian Mineralogist, 48 (1). 29-40 doi:10.3749/canmin.48.1.29
 
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