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Garnet Group from
Salton Sea, Imperial County, California, USA


Locality type:Saline Lake
Classification
Species:'Garnet Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:X3Z2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Garnet Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Salton Sea, Imperial County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:614018
Long-form Identifier:1:3:614018:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Garnet Group
45.5km (28.3 miles) ⓘMatilda group, Black Butte, Chuckwalla Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
56.4km (35.1 miles) ⓘSunny Day Mine, Indio, Riverside County, California, USA
60.7km (37.7 miles) ⓘStorm Sulfide deposit (Green Giant-Long Green deposit), Eagle Mountain, Eagle Mountains Mining District (Monte Negro Mining District), Eagle Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
60.8km (37.8 miles) ⓘRibbonwood Tungsten Inc. Mine (Santa Rosa Mountains), Santa Rosa Mountain, Santa Rosa Mountain District (Santa Rosa Mountain area), Santa Rosa Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
61.5km (38.2 miles) ⓘStorm-Jade Mountain Nephrite prospect (Storm Jade Mine; Storm Jade Mt Nephrite; Storm Jade Mountain Mines; Storm Jade Mountain deposit), Lost Mayan Jade Mines, Eagle Mountain, Eagle Mountains Mining District (Monte Negro Mining District), Eagle Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
62.1km (38.6 miles) ⓘSan Felipe Garnet Mine, Banner, Banner Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
62.2km (38.6 miles) ⓘCoyote Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
63.1km (39.2 miles) ⓘPigeon Creek Tungsten Mine, Pinyon Pines, San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
63.6km (39.5 miles) ⓘIndian Tungsten Mine (Indian claim; Mint Lode claim), Santa Rosa Mountain, Santa Rosa Mountain District (Santa Rosa Mountain area), Santa Rosa Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
65.0km (40.4 miles) ⓘGarnet Queen Mine (Garnet Queen Tungsten Mine; Garnet Queen vein), Santa Rosa Mountain, Santa Rosa Mountain District (Santa Rosa Mountain area), Santa Rosa Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
References
Bird, Dennis K., Schiffman, Peter, Elders, Wilfred A., Williams, Alan E., McDowell, S. Douglas (1984) Calc-silicate mineralization in active geothermal systems. Economic Geology, 79 (4) 671-695 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.79.4.671
 
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