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Microcline from
San Diego Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view San Diego Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:38517
Long-form Identifier:1:3:38517:8
GUID (UUID V4):74929eda-31af-4cc7-902b-4055ac8690ad
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
0.2km (0.1 miles) Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) Mesa Grande Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
13.0km (8.1 miles) Maple Lode Mine (Maple claim), Aguanga Mountain, Oak Grove, Aguanga Mountain Mining District (Smith Mountain Mining District), San Diego County, California, USA
13.9km (8.7 miles) Mountain Lily Mine (Emeralite No. 2 claim; Gem Mine No. 1 claim; Ware mine), Aguanga Mountain, Oak Grove, Aguanga Mountain Mining District (Smith Mountain Mining District), San Diego County, California, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) Calac prospect, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
14.4km (9.0 miles) Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
14.5km (9.0 miles) Victor Mine (Big Buck mine; Big Buck prospect), Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
15.5km (9.6 miles) Prospect Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
16.2km (10.1 miles) Apollo Lode claim, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
16.7km (10.4 miles) Lookout Mine (Hercules group; Lookout prospect; Upper Hercules mine), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the ba a la j Mllle, Mesa kande, San Diego Eountg, Ealifiornia 7 Los Angeles County II ,J - r J--4...J--4 ‘*- \ Orange County f San Bernardino Coun -----. I--L-L--- \,-. 1 Cahuilla Mt. X x Thomas... JESSE FISHEK 380 Pennsylvania Ave. San Francisco, California 94107 EUGENE E. FOOKD M.S.905, U.S. Geological...BRICKER 410 East Elder Fallbrook, California 92028 T he Himalaya mine has been the largest producer of...years ago, and it ranks among the most productive gem pegmatites in the world. Virtually all major mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mines and Minerals of the California Pegmatite Province Downloaded by [Pennsylvania State University]... Southern JESSE FISHER PO Box 77774 San Francisco, California 94107 jef520@comcast.net F Unless otherwise...MINERALS or much of the past century, the Southern California pegmatite province has been the source of some...of a variety of gem and rareelement minerals, along with considerable amounts of gem and lapidary material...lavender-colored gem variety of spodumene now known as kunzite. Since the beginning of mining in the late
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... Number Five Articles Gem and rare-element pegmatites of southern California . . . . . . . . . . . ... History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson. The...web site at www.wmtucson.com DANBURITE – Aurora Mine, Charcas, SanLuis Potosi, Mexico When in Tucson
Journal (issue)
of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ..................... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...Ramona in e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey...Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences
Journal (issue)
rendez-vous Elbaite - 7,1 cm de largeur Mine Hima/aya,Mesa Grande,Californie,U.S.A. Coll. : 8. Larson -...Scovil • Barite surfluorite Crista/: 4 x 3 x 0,4 cm Mine de /'Ave/lan, Var Coll. : G. Mari Photo : l.-D....RichardDALE,Cochabamba,Bolivie DavidI. GREEN,Manchester,Grande-Bretagne DermotHENRY,Melbourne,Australie Laszl6...ans. Nous avons, nous aussi, ressenti une tres grande satisfaction durant l'elaboration, etalee sur pres...interventions, porter les debats a un niveau de grande qualite. Dans ce court resume, nous allons tenter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 07:06 06 January 2015 Even though California is known as the “Golden State, ” it could also...the Tourmaline State, or the Colemanite State. California is, in fact, one of the world’s greatest sources...localities, the reader is encouraged to consult the “California Locality Index” (Kampf et al. 1989). The bibliography...great deal from the many publications of the California Division of Mines and Geology. The most valuable...mines in California is the Consolidated Index of Publications, Division of Mines and State Mining Bureau
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralogy and paragenesis of pegmatites from San Diego County, California. He will also be remembered for his...Gene was born at Children’s Hospital in Oakland, California, November 20, 1946. Gene, a RH-factor baby, had...top left) 1. Gene with a gem-quality rubellite specimen from the Pala district, spring 1991. 2. Gene Foord...friend George Ashley at Hiriart Mountain, San Diego County, California, 1986. 3. Gene in Jackson, Wyoming,...with an ore bucket at the San Diego Tourmaline Mine, San Diego County, California in 1974. 5. Boris Schmakin
Book
GEOLOGY OF THE ELSINORE FAULT ZONE SAN ·DIEGO REGION • , . San Diego Association of Geologists South... GEOLOGY OF THE ELSINORE FAULT ZONE SAN DIEGO REGION San Diego Association of Geologists South Coast...Elsinore Fault Zone San Diego Region Geology of the Elsinore Fault Zone. San Diego Region Copyright ©...© 2003 by the San Diego Association of Geologists (SDAG) and South Coast Geological Society (SCGS) Individual...and inquiries to: SDAG P.O. Box 1911 26 San Diego, California 92 159- 11 26 w. w. w.sandiegogeologists
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GRANITIC PEGMATITES AT THE LITTLE THREE MINE, RAMONA, CALIFORNIA, USA David LONDON§, George B. MORGAN VI,...Oklahoma 73019, USA Abstract Miarolitic granitic pegmatites at the Little Three mine property near Ramona...Ramona, San Diego County, California, USA, possess a bulk composition that closely matches that of a hydrous...history, field diffusion, Little Three mine, Ramona, California. Introduction The coarse grain-size and...dike section from the Little Three mine, Ramona, California, USA, to derive the modal mineralogy and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
150 pounds in weight have been found at Pala, California. A fortyfour pound crystal nineteen inches in...crystal was recovered about 1905 from the Barringer Hill, Texas locality, which measured 43x28x15 inches...Red Hill, Maine; North Groton, New Hampshire, and from Pala, Rincón, and Mesa Grande, California. Amethyst...Deer Hill, Maine; near Statesville, North Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia;...at Shaw and Esray's quarry near Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and is now in the collection of
Journal (issue)
Jan/Feb 2024 Vol.99, No.1 ROCKS MINE ."Iii[! iil"J www.tandfonline.com/vram Pegmatite Minerals & Gems...Francis Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro...Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Temperatures and duration of crystallization within gem-bearing cavities of granitic pegmatites David London...Temperatures and duration of crystallization within gem-bearing cavities of granitic pegmatites, LITHOS(2020)...TEMPERATURES AND DURATION OF CRYSTALLIZATION WITHIN GEM-BEA RING CAVITIES OF GRANITIC PEGMATITES David London... University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019 USA * Corresponding author. ABSTRACT of Crystallization...carbonates, and finally dense clay. The euhedral and gem-quality crystals for which many pegmatites are mined
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Valle del Chisone, Piedmont, Italy. 3. Corundum Hill, Pa. All three samples contain lithium; rubidium...muscovites are from pegmatites, nine from San Diego County, California. 2 Schaller, W. T., and Stevens, R....abundant almandine garnet. A'B.C' gem mine, Ramona, San Diego County, Calif. 3. Medium grained, resembling...pegmatite. Victor gem mine, Rincon, San Diego County, Calif. 5. Plumose muscovite in microcline graphic granite...dike (below the Stewart mine), at east base of Stewart Hill,, Pala, San Diego County, Calif. Although occurring
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most popular of all collectible...Its wide variation in color, particularly in the gem varieties, its tendency to form exceptionally perfect...collections that have been displayed at national gem and mineral shows in recent years. From a historical...Southern California. Consequently, in keeping with the California theme of the 2011 Tucson Gem and Mineral...beryl, so well known from the pegmatites of San Diego County, has been nominated for this issue’s Connoisseur’s
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
shallow level pegmatite-aplite dikes, San Diego County, California KAREN L. WEBBER,1,* WILLIAM B. SIMMONS...Pegmatites of the Pala and Mesa Grande Pegmatite Districts, San Diego County, California are typically thin,...Thermal modeling was performed for four dikes in San Diego County including the 1 m thick Himalaya dike, the...pegmatite-aplite dikes. Many of the pegmatites in San Diego County have layered aplites and were first described...composite pegmatite-aplite dikes in San Diego County, California: the George Ashley, Stewart, and Mission
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Five Tourrmline-1 the first special issue in the Gem Minerals Series Introduction Notes from the Editor....................365 by C. A. Francis Pakistan Gem pegmatites of the Shingus-Dusso area, Gilgit, Pakistan..........................413 by A. M. Bassett California Recent work at the Himalaya m in e ............lepidolite, mined recently at the Himalaya mine, Pala, California. William Larson collection; photo by Harold
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pala Chief and Elizabeth R composite dikes, California Adriana Heimann 1 & Jason A. Yonts 1 & Michael...Elizabeth R layered pegmatite-aplite dikes, Pala District, California, and the significance for felsic melt evolution...27858, USA 2 Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA incompatible...Gahnite . Aplite . California . Elizabeth R . Pala Chief . Zoning . Evolution . Pala District Introduction...Soares et al. 2007; Beurlen et al. 2014), as well as gem-quality minerals (e.g., Soares et al. 2007; Beurlen
Report (volume)
Gem Stones of the United States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1042-G A CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY...GEOLOGY GEM STONES OF THE UNITED STATES By Dorothy M. Schlegel ABSTRACT Many semiprecious, but few precious...precious, gem stones have been found in the United States. Beauty, durability, and rarity are the most...most important qualities of a precious gem. Gem stones are distinguished by their, physical properties: color...physical property, or persons. The most popular gem cuts are the cabochon, rose, brilliant, step, and
Journal (issue)
THE GEMMOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN GEM MOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN SAINT DUNSTAN'S...of precious stones is a source of worry for the gem jeweller. A n actual case is described here, with...other than those of the usual commercial scale for gem diamonds, which includes colourless stones to those...N G There is no point whatsoever in irradiating gem diamonds of good original colour as this would probably...for a gemstone variety although by no means all gem materials show definite absorption bands. There are
Book
) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite and Malachite...endure wear. To resist being scratched, the ideal gem n1ust be hard; to resist being broken, it must be...that help determine the quality or suitability of a gem are transparency, clarity, and the evenness and depth...retain their hierarchical position by beginning the gem section in this book. However, we have grouped 13...the nan1e of the gem. The captions give sizes in both centin1eters and inches. Gem weights are given
Report (issue)
Simmons and Alexander Falster Page 28 New England Gem Beryl Bruce Jarnot Page 16 Bazzite of the Alps Stefan...Page 32 Beryl from the Pegmatites of Southern California Jesse Fisher Page 20 Discovery Stoppaniite Fabio...William "Skip" Simmons and Alexander Falster Page 49 Gem Beryl from Russia and Ukraine Peter Lyckberg Friedrich...studies in 1811, during A.G. Werner's time at the Mining Academy in Freiberg, Saxony (Germany). From 1826...miners. He was also the gemstone inspector for the mining authority. Breithaupt's legacy is 500 publications
Journal (issue)
image: Miners at the Pala Chief Mine, San Diego Country, California, circa 1903. On the back of the original...view of American Gems worked ledge. Kunzite and gem tourmaline American Gemstones – What They Are and...from the Oceanview Mine in Southern California; the 0.72-ct benitoite (left California Gems – More Than...Dallas Gem Mine area, San America’s Royal Gems – Montana and Yogo Sapphires Benito County, California; the...the U.S. State of Maine phires is from the Gem Mountain Mine, GranTantalizing Turquoise ite Country, Montana
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydrothermal conditions in pegmatites from San Diego County, California Elizabeth M. Gammel1,* and Peter I....some pegmatites in the San Diego County pegmatite district contain abundant, gem-quality, Li-bearing minerals...minerals in pockets, whereas others do not. In this district, lithium-cesium-tantalum type pegmatites occur...which contain gem-quality, Li-bearing minerals. Two pegmatite suites were studied: the gem-bearing Himalaya...fluids. Keywords: Pegmatite; Li; B; F; San Diego County, California; pocket minerals Introduction Granitic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occur most frequently in common pegmatite with microcline and orthoclase as the chief feldspars present...most noted locality for gem material in the United States was at the Rutherford mine near Amelia Courthouse...where large amounts were found. A half crystal of gem quality, three inches in diameter was found at Haven...and was cut into fine gems. Noted from Pala, California; Mt. Antero, Colorado; some localities in Chester...Lode pegmatite near the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Common in the pegmatites of Yavapai
Report (issue)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN. Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WARREN T. HANNUM, Director...BUILDING. SAN FRANCISCO OLAF P. 11 JENKINS. Chief SPECIAL REPORT 7-A 5AN FRANCISCO JUNE GEM- AND LITHIUM-BEARING...LITHIUM-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE PALA DISTRICT, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By RICHARD H. JAHNS and LAUREN...University of California, Davis Libraries http://archive.org/details/gemlithiumbearin07jahn GEM- AND LITHIUM-BEARING...LITHIUM-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE PALA DISTRICT, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA! By Richard H. Jahns* and Lauren
 
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