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Montmorillonite from
California Fullers Earth deposit, Halfway House, Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Montmorillonite
Formula:(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Montmorillonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view California Fullers Earth deposit, Halfway House, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:973701
Long-form Identifier:1:3:973701:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Montmorillonite
72.7km (45.2 miles) ⓘMaricopa pit [1] (Elkhorn pit & mill), Maricopa, Kern County, California, USA
72.7km (45.2 miles) ⓘExcel pit (Excell pit and mill), Spellacy, Temblor Range, Kern County, California, USA
73.7km (45.8 miles) ⓘMcKittrick pit (McKittrick Mud Company; Midway), Reward, Temblor Range, Kern County, California, USA
74.0km (46.0 miles) ⓘFiltrol Bentonite deposit (Filtrol Company Clay deposit #1; Filtrol Company L Clay deposit; Filtrol Fuller's Earth deposit), Sugarloaf Mountain, Loraine Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
91.8km (57.1 miles) ⓘIron Canyon Mine (Brown and White; Brown-Whiten; Sesomotite Mine; Seisomite; Iron Canyon Brown and White), Ricardo, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
95.7km (59.4 miles) ⓘMcKendry Bentonite deposit, Gypsite, Fremont Valley, Kern County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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