Linarite from
Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA

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Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

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Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

Linarite

Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

Linarite

Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

Linarite, etc.

Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

Linarite

Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

Linarite

Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

Linarite, etc.

Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

Linarite

Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

Linarite

Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	Linarite
Formula:	PbCu(SO₄)(OH)₂
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:	Brochantite Caledonite Leadhillite Wulfenite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Caledonite	7
Galena	1
Smithsonite	1
Anglesite	1
Cerussite	1
Leadhillite	1
Quartz	1
Malachite	1
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Linarite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	7020
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:7020:1
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Localities for Linarite in this Region
Ignacio Mine (St. Ignacio Mine; Saint Ignacio Mine; Ygnacio Mine), Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Linarite

1.1km (0.7 miles)	ⓘ Ignacio Mine (St. Ignacio Mine; Saint Ignacio Mine; Ygnacio Mine), Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles)	ⓘ Morning Star Mine [1], Estelle Mine (Troeger's tunnel), Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles)	ⓘ San Lucas Mine (Perseverance Mine), Cerro Gordo Peak, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles)	ⓘ Ella Mine (Ella group), Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles)	ⓘ Santa Rosa Mine (Lee-Santa Rosa Mine; Santa Rosa Mines), Malpais Mesa, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
19.8km (12.3 miles)	ⓘ Shirley Ann group, Big Dodd Spring, Ubehebe Mining District, Cottonwood Mountains, Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
23.1km (14.3 miles)	ⓘ Monster Mine, Keynot Peak, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
27.0km (16.8 miles)	ⓘ Essex Mine (Big Silver Mine), Badwater Springs, Saline Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
30.2km (18.8 miles)	ⓘ Ubehebe Mine [1](Copper Bell Mine; Ubehebe Lead Mine), Teakettle Junction, Ubehebe Mining District, Cottonwood Mountains, Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
32.9km (20.4 miles)	ⓘ Defiance Mine, Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
References
with a section on the stratigraphy of the Inyo Range, by Edwin Kirk USGS PP 110, 130 pp: 114 Dana 7: II: 250. Raymond, Rossiter Worthington (1869), The mines of the West, Report to the Secretary of the Treasury, 256 pp., New York: 29 Rogers, Austin Flint (1901), Mineralogical notes: American Journal of Science, 4th. Series: 12: 46 Eakle, Arthur Starr (1908), Notes on some California minerals: University of California, Department of Geological Science Bulletin: 5: 228 Knopf, Adolf (1914b), Mineral resources of the Inyo and White Mountains, California: USGS Bulletin 540: 104-105 Knopf, Adolf (1918a), A geologic reconnaissance of the Inyo Range and the eastern slope of the southern Sierra Nevada, California *Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.*

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Linarite from Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA

Linarite from
Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA