| Abstract: | The mineral buddingtonite, named after A.F. Buddington, long-time professor of petrology at Princeton University, was first identified at the Sulfur Bank mine in Lake County, California (Erd and others, 1964). The ammonium feldspar was recognized in Menlo Park, California, in 1964 by the author, with Erd‘s help, shortly before publication of the original description of the new mineral. Subsequently, buddingtonite has been widely recognized in hydrothermal mineral deposits and has been used in remote-sensing applications by the mineral industry. Buddingtonite also has been identified in the Phosphoria Formation and in oil shales of the Green River Formation. This paper briefly describes the geologic setting and mineralogy of the occurrences of buddingtonite and other ammonium-bearing minerals in the vicinity of Menlo Park. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 98399 |
| Citation Author: | Pampeyan, Earl H. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Western Region Geology and Geophysics Science Center-Menlo Park |
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| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
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| Citation LatN: | 0380000 |
| Citation LatS: | 0370000 |
| Citation LonE: | -1215000 |
| Citation LonW: | -1230000 |
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| Citation Online Only Flag: | Y |
| Citation Phsyical Description: | ii, 4 p.; Tables; Figures |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2010-1053 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Buddingtonite in Menlo Park, California; 2010; OFR; 2010-1053; Pampeyan, Earl H. |
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| Citation Year: | 2010 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Buddingtonite in Menlo Park, California; 2010; OFR; 2010-1053; Pampeyan, Earl H. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr_2010_1053.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1053/ |
| Date Other: | Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
