Unnamed Corundum occurrences [2], Soboba Hot Springs (Ritchey Hot Springs; White Sulphur Spring), San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside County, California, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 51' 9'' North , 116° 54' 4'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Occurrences
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Banning | 30,945 (2017) | 8.4km |
San Jacinto | 46,951 (2017) | 9.3km |
Beaumont | 43,811 (2017) | 11.0km |
Valle Vista | 14,578 (2011) | 11.7km |
Cabazon | 2,535 (2011) | 12.7km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Yucaipa Valley Gem & Mineral Society | Yucaipa, California | 24km |
Shadow Mountain Gem & Mineral Society | Palm Springs, California | 33km |
Orange Belt Mineralogical Society | San Bernardino, California | 46km |
Valley Prospectors, Inc. | San Bernardino, California | 46km |
Mindat Locality ID:
3526
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:3526:5
GUID (UUID V4):
acc203c6-dc7e-4f63-97a1-5afa055b3cb0
Setting:
Corundum occurrences located in Sec. 5, T4S, R1E, SBM, about 6.4 km (4.0 miles) NNE of Soboba Hot Springs (based on the coordinates of record for sec. 5), near the summit of the mountains. Is this locality the same as the Hazen Corundum prospect?
Geology:
The deposits are located along the contact of granodiorite/quartz diorite host rock and metamorphosed marine sediments. Several small biotite schist bodies at the contact zone contain random sprays and clusters of corundum crystals, up to 2 feet long and 3 inches in diameter. The crystals are included with biotite so severely that in some crystals there is partial replacement. Much of the schist has been decomposed to an iron-stained micaceous clay, which contains inclusions of quartz and feldspar. Quartz veins with feldspar and garnet occur nearby.
History:
According Fred Rynerson, the first report of corundum crystals from the area was made around 1924, by an unnamed woman about 60 years old that had brought a dozen crystals to Ward's Lapidary shop in San Diego for appraisal. The largest crystal was said to have measured approximately 2 inches long, and 3/4 inch at the base, tapering to 1/2 inch at the top. The woman reported that the crystals were scattered over the side of a small hill behind her house. Four years later, Rynerson searched several collections in Riverside County for the source of these crystals, but was unable to find any information about the deposit.
In 1939, large crystals of corundum embedded in mica schist were submitted to the Department of Geology at UCLA, by Mr. B. G. Funk of Los Angeles. These specimens showed sapphire-blue cores, with a progressively zoned gray colored outer rim included with micaceous material. The area was visited around 1940 by Joseph Murdoch and Robert W. Webb, who reported corundum crystals having been found as float in many parts of the San Jacinto Mountains. Several decades later, Mark Rogers reported that several crystals up to 12 inches long, both loose and in schist matrix, had been collected from the area in the late 1940's by a married couple of Asian decent.
In 1980, brothers Ken and Dana Gochenour visited the area several times and eventually discovered a small outcrop of corundum-bearing schist that contained crystals up to 4 inches in length. In 1999, the Gochenours reported finding the remains of an old working that contained a dark biotite schist with broken crystals up to 12 inches long and an inch in diameter. This schist had some crystals that were up to 7 inches long in situ. Several other locations were later discovered while prospecting along the surface, and over 150 pounds of large corundum crystal segments were said to have been collected from the area.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
β 'Biotite' Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
β 'Clay minerals' |
β Corundum Formula: Al2O3 Colour: Blue zoned to grays Description: Occurs as large crystals. |
β Corundum var. Sapphire ? Formula: Al2O3 |
β Diopside Formula: CaMgSi2O6 |
β 'Feldspar Group' |
β Grossular Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 |
β 'Hornblende Root Name Group' Formula: ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
β 'Mica Group' |
β Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β Orthoclase Formula: K(AlSi3O8) |
β 'Plagioclase' Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
β 'Pyroxene Group' Formula: ADSi2O6 |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
β Wollastonite Formula: Ca3(Si3O9) |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
---|---|---|---|
β | Corundum var. Sapphire ? | 4.CB.05 | Al2O3 |
β | 4.CB.05 | Al2O3 | |
β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Grossular | 9.AD.25 | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 |
β | Diopside | 9.DA.15 | CaMgSi2O6 |
β | Wollastonite | 9.DG.05 | Ca3(Si3O9) |
β | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β | Orthoclase | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
Unclassified | |||
β | 'Biotite' | - | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
β | 'Clay minerals' | - | |
β | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
β | 'Mica Group' | - | |
β | 'Hornblende Root Name Group' | - | β»Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
β | 'Plagioclase' | - | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
β | 'Pyroxene Group' | - | ADSi2O6 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
---|---|---|
H | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
H | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
H | β Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | β Corundum | Al2O3 |
O | β Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
O | β Grossular | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 |
O | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
O | β Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
O | β Corundum var. Sapphire | Al2O3 |
O | β Wollastonite | Ca3(Si3O9) |
O | β Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
O | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
O | β Pyroxene Group | ADSi2O6 |
F | Fluorine | |
F | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
F | β Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
Na | Sodium | |
Na | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
Mg | β Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
Al | β Corundum | Al2O3 |
Al | β Grossular | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 |
Al | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Al | β Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
Al | β Corundum var. Sapphire | Al2O3 |
Al | β Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
Al | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
Si | β Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
Si | β Grossular | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 |
Si | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | β Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | β Wollastonite | Ca3(Si3O9) |
Si | β Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
Si | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
Si | β Pyroxene Group | ADSi2O6 |
Cl | Chlorine | |
Cl | β Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
K | Potassium | |
K | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
K | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
K | β Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | β Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
Ca | β Grossular | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 |
Ca | β Wollastonite | Ca3(Si3O9) |
Ca | β Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
Ca | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
Ti | Titanium | |
Ti | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
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