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San Diego Co., California, USA

Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA

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Actinolite
Aegirine
Alabandite
Albite
var: Cleavelandite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Almandine
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
Aluminocopiapite
Alum-(K)
Amblygonite
'Amblygonite-Montebrasite Series'
Anatase
Andalusite
Andradite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite
'Apatite'
'var: Collophane'
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
'Asbestos'
Axinite-(Fe)
'Axinite Group'
Axinite-(Mn)
Azurite
Baryte
Bavenite
'Bentonite'
Bermanite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Goshenite
var: Heliodor
var: Morganite
Beyerite
'Biotite'
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bismutotantalite
Bornite
Boromuscovite (TL)
Calcite
var: Iceland Spar
Cassiterite
'Cathedral Quartz'
Celestine
Cerussite
var: Argentiferous Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chert'
Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
'Clay'
Clinobisvanite
Clinozoisite
'Clinozoisite-Epidote Series'
Clintonite
'Columbite'
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Mn)
'Columbite-Tantalite'

Cookeite
Copiapite
Corundum
'Crossite'
Danburite
Digenite
Diopside
Dravite
Dumortierite
Elbaite
'Elbaite-Schorl Series'
Eosphorite
Epidote
Erythrite
Eulytine
Fairfieldite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferberite
'Fergusonite'
Ferrimolybdite
Ferrisicklerite
Fersmite
Fluorapatite
var: Francolite
Fluor-elbaite
Foitite
Frondelite
Gahnite
Galena
'Garnet'
Glauconite
Glaucophane
Goethite
Gold
Graphite
Grossular
var: Hessonite
var: Magnesian Grossular
Gypsum
'Halloysite'
Halloysite-10Å
Halotrichite
Hambergite
Helvine
Hematite
Hercynite
Herderite
'Herderite-Hydroxylherderite Series'
Heterosite
'Heulandite'
Hopeite
'Hornblende'
Hureaulite
Hydromagnesite
Hydroxylherderite
'Hypersthene'
Iron
'Jahnsite'
Jahnsite-(MnMnMn) (TL)
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Laueite
Laumontite
Lawsonite
Lazulite
Leadhillite
Lepidolite
Leucophosphite
'Limonite'

Lithiophilite
Löllingite
Ludlamite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
'var: Manganese Dendrites'
Manganite
Marcasite
Melanterite
Metatorbernite
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Microlite Group
var: Stannomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
Mitridatite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Montebrasite
Montmorillonite
Morenosite
Morinite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Namibite
Nickel
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Orthoclase
Oxy-schorl
Pääkkönenite
Pentlandite
'Perthite'
Petalite
Phenakite
'Phengite
var: Mariposite'
Phosphosiderite
Piemontite
Pollucite
Prehnite
Pseudolaueite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
Pucherite
Purpurite
Pyrite
Pyrophyllite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
var: Nickeloan Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Bull Quartz
var: Chalcedony
var: Citrine
var: Lithium Quartz
var: Milky Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
'Quartz-beta'
Rhodonite
Robertsite
Rozenite
Rutile
Rynersonite (TL)
'Salmonsite'
Samarskite-(Y)

Scheelite
Schorl
Scorodite
Sicklerite (TL)
Siderite
'Silica'
Sillimanite
Silver
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Pleonaste
Spodumene
var: Hiddenite
var: Kunzite
Stellerite
Stewartite (TL)
Stibiocolumbite (TL)
'Stibiocolumbite-Stibiotantalite Series'
'Stibiomicrolite (of Groat et al.)'
Stibiotantalite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Ca
Stokesite
Strengite
Strontianite
Strunzite
Swinefordite
Talc
var: Steatite
'Tantalite'
Tantalite-(Mn)
Tapiolite-(Fe)
Tellurium
Tenorite
Tephroite
'Thomsonite'
Thorogummite
Titanite
Todorokite
Topaz
Tosudite
var: Lithium Tosudite
'Tourmalinated Quartz'
'Tourmaline'
'var: Achroite'
'var: Indicolite'
'var: Rubellite'
'var: Verdelite'
'var: Watermelon Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Tridymite
Triphylite
Triplite
Tungstite
Uranophane
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
Violarite
Vivianite
Wardite
'Wolframite'
Wollastonite
Xenotime-(Y)
'Zinnwaldite'
Zircon
var: Cyrtolite
var: Uraniferous Zircon
Zoisite

302 entries listed. 189 valid minerals. 6 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

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References

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Orcutt, Charles Russell (1887), Minerals and mines of San Diego County, California: West Am. Sci.: 3: 69-72.

Goodyear, Watson Andrews (1888), Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Diego, Tulare Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 8.

Goodyear, Watson Andrews (1890), San Diego County: California Mining Bureau. Report 9: 139-154.

Fairbanks, Harold W. (1893b), Geology of San Diego County; also portion of Orange and San Bernardino Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 11: 76-120.

Storms, William H. (1893), Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Diego Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 11: 243-248, 337-369, 376-387.

Schaller, Waldemar Theodore (1903b), Spodumene from San Diego County, California: University of California, Department of Geological Sciences Bulletin: 3: 265-275.

Sterrett, Douglas Bovard (1904), Tourmaline from San Diego County, California: American Journal of Science, 4th. series: 17: 459-465; […(abstract): Geol. Zentralbl., Band 9: 677 (1907)]:.

Waring, G.A. (1905), Quartz from San Diego County, California American Journal of Science, 4th. Series: 20: 125-127; [(abstract): Geol. Zentralbl., Band 8: 642].

Schaller, Waldemar Theodore (1911g), Bismuth ochers from San Diego County, California: American Chemical Society Journal: 33: 162-166; […Zeitschr. Kristallography, Band 49: 229-232 (1911); (abstract): Washington Academy of Sciences Journal: 1: 37 (1911)]: .

Rogers, Austin Flint (1912), Notes on rare minerals from California: Columbia University, School of Mines Quarterly: 33: 375.

Merrill, Frederick James Hamilton (1914) Geology and mineral resources of San Diego and Imperial counties. California Sate Mining Bureau.

Calkins, F.C. (1916), An occurrence of nickel ore in San Diego County, California: USGS Bulletin 640: 77-82.

Merrill, Frederick James Hamilton (1916), San Diego, Imperial Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 14: 635-743; […(abstract): Geol. Zentralbl., Band 27: 395 (1922)]: .

Schaller, Waldemar Theodore (1916d), Cassiterite in San Diego County, California: USGS Bulletin 620: 351-354; […Geol. Zentralbl., Band 28: 101 (1922)].

Davis, H.E. (1918), Molybdenum in San Diego: Engineering & Mining Journal: 20: 28-29.

Tucker, W. Burling (1924a), Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 20: 33-50, 87-97, 185-200, 367-374.

Tucker, W. Burling (1925), San Diego County: California Mining Bureau. Report 21: 223-245.

Woodford, A.O. (1925), The San Onofre breccia; its nature and origin: University of California, Department of Geological Sciences Bulletin 15: 159-280; [… (abstract): Geol. Zentralbl., Band 33: 109 (1926)]: 186, 192, 193.

Reed, Ralph Daniel (1928), A siliceous shale formation from southern California: Journal of Geology: 36: 342-361; […(abstract): Geol. Zentralbl., Band 38: 171 (1928), …39: 497 (1929); …Neues Jahrb., 1931, Referate 3: 571-572]: 347.

Richard, L.M. (1930), Pyrophyllite in San Diego County, California: American Ceramic Society Bulletin: 14: 123-129.

Van Amringe, E.V. (1933), The gem minerals of San Diego County, California: Mineralogical Society of Southern California Bulletin 2(7): 1-4.

Grieger, J.M. (1934), San Diego County, California gem mines not exhausted: Mineralogist: 2(10): 7-8, 20.

Ware, J.W. (1935), Gem Mining In San Diego County, California. Gems & Gemology, Vol. I, No. 8, March-April, 240pp. The American Gem Society, Los Angeles, California.

Tucker, W. Burling & Charles H. Reed (1939), Mineral resources of San Diego County: California Division Mines Report 35: 8-55.

Hertlein, Leo George & Ulysses S. Grant, IV (1944), The geology and paleontology of the marine Pliocene of San Diego, California, part I, geology: San Diego Society of Natural History Memorandum, vol. 2, 72 pp.

Creasey, S.C. (1946), Geology and nickel mineralization of the Julian-Cuyamaca area, San Diego County, California: California Division Mines Report 42: 15-30.

Merriam, Richard Holmes (1946), Igneous and metamorphic rocks of the southwestern part of the Ramona quadrangle, San Diego County, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin: 57: 223-260.

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Hoppin, Richard Arthur & L.A. Norman (1950), Commercial “black granite” of San Diego County, California Calif. Iv. Mines Special Report 3, 19 pp.

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Berkholz, Mary Frances (1953), Magic gems, a San Diego County field trip, Mineral Notes & News, Jun 1953: 12.

Dawson, N.E. (1953), Gem minerals of San Diego County: Mineral Notes ad News p. 6, June 1953.

Arcienega, Victor M. (1954), San Diego County’s pegmatites: Mineral Notes and News: Dec 1954: 30, 32, 69.

Snyder, Doris (1962), Epidote and garnet in San Diego County: Gems & Minerals, No. 292: 22-23, Jan., 1962.

Bushee, J. (1963), Lead alpha ages for zircons from bathlitic and prebatholitic rocks, San Diego and Orange Counties, California: (abstract) Geological Society of America Special Paper 73: 29-30.

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Horensky, M. (1969) Blue topaz from San Diego County. Gems and Minerals: 381: 37.

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