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Albite from
Birch Creek, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Birch Creek, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:978551
Long-form Identifier:1:3:978551:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
34.9km (21.7 miles) ⓘCoyote Range (Coyote Front Range), Bishop, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
56.5km (35.1 miles) ⓘCrescent Mine, Red Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
90.9km (56.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed Ti occurrence [1], Summit 2347 meters, Nelson Range, Lee Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
92.6km (57.5 miles) ⓘDinkey Lakes pegmatites (1st & 2nd Dinkey Lakes), Dinkey Creek, Dinkey Lakes Wilderness, Fresno County, California, USA
References
Barton, M. D. (2000) Overview of the lithophile-element-bearing magmatic hydrothermal system at Birch Creek. White Mountains, California: Society of Economic Geologists Guidebook Series, 32, 9-26.
 
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