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Agate from
Twin Buttes Agate fields, Palo Verde, Palo Verde Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA


Classification
Species:Quartz var: Agate
Formula:SiO2
Comments:Occurs in veins.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Twin Buttes Agate fields, Palo Verde, Palo Verde Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:683228
Long-form Identifier:1:3:683228:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Agate
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘThumb Peak, Palo Verde Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘWiley's Well, Mule Mountains District (Hodges Mountain District), Riverside County, California, USA
19.6km (12.2 miles) ⓘHauser beds (Hauser Geode beds; Hauser Beds Mine), Thumb Peak, Palo Verde Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) ⓘMidway Well, Paymaster Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
24.5km (15.2 miles) ⓘBlack Hills, Imperial County, California, USA
29.3km (18.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed Agate occurrence [2], Little Chuckwalla Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
41.0km (25.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed Agate occurrence [1], Chuckwalla Spring, Chuckwalla Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
75.0km (46.6 miles) ⓘPlomosa Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
References
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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