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Gillespite from
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. 8 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Gillespite

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. 8 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Gillespite

Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
04918450017271923383013.jpg
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. 8 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Gillespite

Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Gillespite
Formula:BaFe2+Si4O10
Comments:Occurs in quartz, sulphide-bearing rocks.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Sanbornite
Taramellite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz12
Titantaramellite7
Pellyite6
- var Manganese-bearing Pellyite4
Sanbornite4
Baryte3
Witherite3
Manganese Oxides3
Anandite3
Pyrrhotite2
Macdonaldite1
Celsian1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gillespite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:649276
Long-form Identifier:1:3:649276:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Gillespite in this Region
Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
Esquire No. 8 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Gillespite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘEsquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘEsquire No. 8 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘSnow Cap Mine, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
72.2km (44.9 miles) ⓘBaumann prospect (Bauman Ranch), Dumtah, Tulare County, California, USA
References
Anonymous (1963), Core drilling at Rush Creek completed: California Division Mines, Mineral Information Service: 16(1): 11
Stinson, Melvin Clarence & J.T. Alfors (1964), New minerals from Fresno County – I: California Division Mines & Geology Mineral Information Service.: 17: 235-238
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 359, 381.
 
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