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Chrysotile from
Unnamed Asbestos occurrence [1], Georgetown, Georgetown District, East Segment Mother Lode, El Dorado County, California, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Chrysotile
Formula:Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysotile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed Asbestos occurrence [1], Georgetown, Georgetown District, East Segment Mother Lode, El Dorado County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:678588
Long-form Identifier:1:3:678588:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysotile
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘFrench Hill Mine, French Hill, Spanish Dry Diggings (Spanish Dry Diggins), Greenwood District, Northwest Segment Mother Lode, El Dorado County, California, USA
26.6km (16.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Asbestos occurrence [1], Iowa Hill, Iowa Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘBlue Wing Mine (Blue Wing claim; Blue Wing Quartz; Wolverine claim; Ostrom Mine; Washington Consolidated Mine; Washington Cons.), Roach Hill, Iowa Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
57.3km (35.6 miles) ⓘMace Mine (Mace Ranch prospect), Sunnybrook, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
64.2km (39.9 miles) ⓘPlumbago Mine (Marion Mine; Croesus Mine; Standard Extension Mine; Crafts Clute Mine; Enterprise Mine; Hope Mine; Gold Beater Mine), Plumbago, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
70.7km (43.9 miles) ⓘNeugebauer Mine, Camp Pardee, Pardee Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
76.6km (47.6 miles) ⓘUnspecified Asbestos occurrence [1], Mountain Ranch, Mountain Ranch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
79.5km (49.4 miles) ⓘNuner prospect, Mountain Ranch, Mountain Ranch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
95.8km (59.5 miles) ⓘTurner and Lloyd prospect (Turner & Lloyd prospect; Turner & Lloyd and Skipper claims), Elkhorn Station, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
References
Logan, Clarence (1938) Mineral resources of El Dorado County. California Journal of Mines and Geology, 34 (3) 206-280p.207
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 335.
 
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