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Probertite from
Widow No. 7 Mine (Old Widow), Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Probertite
Formula:NaCa[B5O7(OH)4] · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Probertite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Widow No. 7 Mine (Old Widow), Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:611996
Long-form Identifier:1:3:611996:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Probertite
0.1km (0.0 miles) ⓘWidow No. 1 Mine (Widow Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘUpper Biddy Mine (Upper Biddy McCarthy Mine; Big Biddy Mine), Biddy McCarthy Mines, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
5.1km (3.1 miles) ⓘBillie Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘBoraxo Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
21.0km (13.1 miles) ⓘEagle Borax Spring, Inyo County, California, USA
49.9km (31.0 miles) ⓘGerstley Mine (Gerstley I; Gerstley pit; Kern Company Land Company), Resting Spring Range, Inyo County, California, USA
References
Foshag, William Frederick (1931) Probertite from Ryan, Inyo County, California. American Mineralogist, 16 (8) 338-341
 
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