NissoniteLlanada Copper Mine, Llanada, Panoche Valley, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA
Photo: Brent Thorne Latitude: 36°35'36"N
Longitude: 120°45'44"W
A Cu mine located in sec. 33, T14S, R10E (MD), about 4½ miles N of Llanada.
Mineralization is hosted in rocks of the Franciscan Formation.
References
Mrose, M.E., Meyrowitz, R., Alfors, J.T., and Chesterman, C.W. (1966) Nissonite, CuMg(PO4)(OH)•2½H2O, a new hydrous copper-magnesium-phosphate mineral from the Panoche Valley, California. Geological Society of America Abstract 1966: 145-146.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 243, 375
Mrose, M.E., Meyrowitz, R., Alfors, J.T., and Chesterman, C.W. (1967) Nissonite. American Mineralogist: 52: 927 (297 ?).
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California: 322-323.
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