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Sanbornite from
Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA


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Sanbornite

Esquire No. 8 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Sanbornite

Esquire No. 8 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Sanbornite

Esquire No. 8 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Sanbornite
Formula:BaSi2O5
Comments:Occurs in quartz, sulphide-bearing rocks.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Gillespite
Taramellite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz21
Pyrrhotite14
Cerchiaraite-(Fe)9
Titantaramellite6
Walstromite6
Muirite6
Pellyite6
- var Manganese-bearing Pellyite4
Gillespite4
Baryte3
Witherite3
Manganese Oxides3
Anandite3
Fresnoite2
Traskite2
Verplanckite2
Alforsite1
Celsian1
Kampfite1
Macdonaldite1
Opal1
Calcite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sanbornite 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:649277
Long-form Identifier:1:3:649277:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Sanbornite 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 Sanbornite
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
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘForbes Property, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘEsquire No. 4 claim, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
6.5km (4.1 miles) ⓘEsquire No. 1 claim, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘCole Spring Outcrops, 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
74.3km (46.2 miles) ⓘVan Gordon Creek Prospect, 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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