A former Sillimanite mine located near Laws.
Mineralization is a metamorphic sillimanite deposit hosted in quartzite.
References:
Kerr, Paul Francis (1932), Occurrence of andalusite and related minerals at White Mountain, California: Economic Geology: 27: 614-643.
Lemmon, Dwight Moulton (1937), Geology of the andalusite deposits in the northern Inyo Range, California. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Stanford University.
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 872, 911, 1007.
Wright, L.A. (1957), Kyanite, Andalusite, and Related Minerals, in Mineral Commodities of California, California Division of Mines Bulletin 176: 275-280.
Wise, W. S. (1977): Mineralogy of the Champion mine White Mountains, California. Mineralogical Record 8, 478-486
Mineralogical Record (1987): 18: 360.
Mineralogical Record (1988): 19: 331.
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Map Reference: 37°24'N , 118°21'W
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- Champion Mine (White Mountain Mine)
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