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Torbernite from
Crown Uranium prospect (Crown Uranium group; Tenn-Cal claims; Tenn-Cal group), Glamis, Chocolate Mountains Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA


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Torbernite, etc.

Crown Uranium prospect, Glamis, Chocolate Mountains Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
08260580017362205735982.jpg
Torbernite, etc.

Crown Uranium prospect, Glamis, Chocolate Mountains Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
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Torbernite, etc.

Crown Uranium prospect, Glamis, Chocolate Mountains Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Torbernite
Formula:Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O
Comments:Occurs with other, unspecified, U minerals.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Carnotite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Goethite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Torbernite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Crown Uranium prospect (Crown Uranium group; Tenn-Cal claims; Tenn-Cal group), Glamis, Chocolate Mountains Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:546164
Long-form Identifier:1:3:546164:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Torbernite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘMcKnight Mine (Lucky Star Mine; Lucky Star claims), Glamis, Chocolate Mountains Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
73.9km (45.9 miles) ⓘCastle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
References
Walker, G.W., Lovering, T.G., and Stephens, H.G. (1956), Radioactive Deposits in California: Special Report 49 of the Californnia Division of Mines & Geology: 10, 26
Morton, Paul K. (1977) Geology and Mineral Resources of Imperial County California. County Report 7. California Division of Mines and Geologypages 35, 97
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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