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Goethite from
East Wide Canyon Iron-Titanium deposit, Desert Hot Springs, Little San Bernardino Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Goethite
Formula:Fe3+O(OH)
Comments:Occurs as a primary ore mineral.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Goethite data
Locality Data:Click here to view East Wide Canyon Iron-Titanium deposit, Desert Hot Springs, Little San Bernardino Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:546375
Long-form Identifier:1:3:546375:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Goethite
67.6km (42.0 miles) ⓘIron Age Mine (Iron Age deposit), New Dale, San Bernardino County, California, USA
73.0km (45.4 miles) ⓘBagdad-Chase Mine (Barstow mill; Camp Rochester; Pacific Mine; Pacific Mines; Roosevelt Consolidated Mine; Buckeye-Stedman-Bagdad Chase Mine), Stedman, Stedman District (Ludlow; Rochester; Buckeye), Bullion Mts (Bullion Range), San Bernardino County, California, USA
80.4km (50.0 miles) ⓘEagle Mountain Mine (Eagle Mountain Iron Mine; Eagle Mountain Iron deposit; Kaiser Steel Corp.), Eagle Mountain, Eagle Mountains Mining District (Monte Negro Mining District), Eagle Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
91.7km (57.0 miles) ⓘElizabeth R. Mine (Hazel W. claim), Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
92.8km (57.7 miles) ⓘCrestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
92.9km (57.8 miles) ⓘTourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
97.2km (60.4 miles) ⓘJensen Quarry, Jurupa Mountains, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
97.3km (60.5 miles) ⓘOld Dominion Mine, Broadwell Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
Saul, R.B., Evans, J.R., and Gray, C.H. (1970) Mines and mineral resources of Riverside County. California Division of Mines and Geology County Report 9. Unpublished manuscript: 929
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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