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Lithiophilite from
Tourmaline King Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Lithiophilite
Formula:LiMn2+PO4
Comments:Occurs infrequently as small crystals.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Lithiophilite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tourmaline King Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:539991
Long-form Identifier:1:3:539991:8
GUID (UUID V4):008d8c57-4068-471f-938a-a2d749dd956a
Nearest other occurrences of Lithiophilite
0.4km (0.3 miles) Tourmaline Queen Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Little Joe No. 2 adit, Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Elizabeth R. Mine (Hazel W. claim), Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) Katerina Mine (Ashley mine; Caterina mine; Catherin mine; Catherina mine; Katrina mine), Hiriart Mountain (Hariat Mtn; Harriot Mtn; Heriart Mtn; Heriot Mtn; Hiriat Hill), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) San Pedro Mine, Hiriart Mountain (Hariat Mtn; Harriot Mtn; Heriart Mtn; Heriot Mtn; Hiriat Hill), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) White Queen Mine, Hiriart Mountain (Hariat Mtn; Harriot Mtn; Heriart Mtn; Heriot Mtn; Hiriat Hill), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
18.8km (11.7 miles) Victor Mine (Big Buck mine; Big Buck prospect), Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
18.9km (11.8 miles) Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
39.9km (24.8 miles) Carmelita Mine (Big Spring mine; Blue Gem claim; Crest Gem mine; Elinor deposit; Elinor mine; Estudillo mine; French Pete mine; MS 6130; Peter Cabat mine), Chihuahua Valley, Warner Springs Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Articles Gem and rare-element pegmatites of southern California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Fisher History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . ...tourmalines discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson...web site at www.wmtucson.com DANBURITE – Aurora Mine, Charcas, SanLuis Potosi, Mexico When in Tucson
Report (issue)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN. Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WARREN T. HANNUM, Director...Director DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING. SAN FRANCISCO OLAF P. 11 JENKINS. Chief SPECIAL REPORT 7-A...LITHIUM-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE PALA DISTRICT, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By RICHARD H. JAHNS and LAUREN...Archive in 2012 with funding from University of California, Davis Libraries http://archive.org/details...LITHIUM-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE PALA DISTRICT, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA! By Richard H. Jahns* and Lauren
Journal (issue)
ou sur rendez-vous Elbaite - 7,1 cm de largeur Mine Hima/aya,Mesa Grande,Californie,U.S.A. Coll. : 8...Scovil • Barite surfluorite Crista/: 4 x 3 x 0,4 cm Mine de /'Ave/lan, Var Coll. : G. Mari Photo : l.-D....et kunzite(cristal 10 x 6 cm) dans quartz avec tourmaline (gangue 11 x 10 cm) de Laura Do Urucum,Bresil...Jesse FISHER 380 PennsylvaniaAvenue- San Francisco- CA 94107- USA (Traduitde l'anglaispar J. GALVIER)...evidence,et ceci dans les pegmatitesdu districtde Pala. D'autrespegmatites d'interet existentegalementdans
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 07:06 06 January 2015 Even though California is known as the “Golden State, ” it could also...the Benitoite State, the Tourmaline State, or the Colemanite State. California is, in fact, one of the...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)
in two new occurrences, Pala Chief and Elizabeth R composite dikes, California Adriana Heimann 1 & Jason...aplites of the Pala Chief and Elizabeth R layered pegmatite-aplite dikes, Pala District, California, and the...finegrained plagioclase + quartz + muscovite +/− black tourmaline and thin laminations defined by concentrations...contents in gahnite are high (36.7–39.5 wt.% ZnO for Pala Chief, 37.2–40.2 wt.% ZnO for Elizabeth R), the...27858, USA 2 Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA incompatible
Book (volume)
THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma... Also by Allan W. Eckert Bayou Backwaters The King Snake Blue Jacket The Owls of North America The...The Southwestern Quadrant Arizoni, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisicna, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...Mineral Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30 ana HOW TO USE...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible
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...crocoite; w e’ve made our apologies to Bill Larson of Pala International who, thank goodness, has a good sense...Ramona in e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey
Journal (issue)
I. Hopkins E. H. Rutland, Ph.D. R. Webster D. N. King J. M. McWilliatn D. G. Kent D. J. Ewing W. Stern...Abstracts POUGH (F. H . ) . The Jacobina amethyst mine in Brazil. J o u r n . , 1969, 22, 10, p. 1306....colour. Hard-rock digging techniques are used, as the mine lies in solid rock. It is privately owned. S.P....reports notes are given on the effect of dust on tourmaline, an emerald with a subsidiary crystal protruding...Application of goniometry to gemmology. Journ. Mining Coll., Akita Univ., Ser. A, Vol. V, No. 3, 1-21
Report (issue)
Archive in 2012 with funding from University of California, Davis Libraries http://www.archive.org/det...MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By F. HAROLD WEBER JR., California Division of Mines...Stewart COUNTY REPORT California Division of Mines Ferry Building, LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS...DAVIS San 3 and Geology Francisco, 1963 ^ OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA EDMUND G. BROWN, Governor J?...CAMPBELL, Director AND GEOLOGY State Geologist COUNTY REPORT ^ Price $8.00 3 CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT
Journal (issue)
ber-D ecem ber 1977 ISSUE! TourmalineGolconda mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil SHOWS Sul/urPerticara, Romagna...U E S t AVETltlB 0)A C L PyromorphiteWheatley mine, Hours: Wed-Sat. 10-5 Sunday 12-5 [evenings by...in e ra l fro m th e B e n ito ite G em M in e , San B e n ito C o u n ty, C a lif o r n ia ............lf Pabst, Jam es R. H in th o rn e Artinite fro m San B e n ito C o u n ty , C a lifo r n ia ............ike S y s te m , M e sa G ra n d e D is tric t, San D ie g o C o u n ty , C a lifo r n ia ..........
Book
MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...Canada Van Nostrand Reinhold Australia Pty. Ltd. 17 Queen Street Mitcham, Victoria 3132, Australia Van Nostrand...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals
Book
^ '“ P r . . . I West Orange SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY 9048 00992838 7 257989 R q549...q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T 5 w! balJ E...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...Ontario Publishing M1P Van Nostrand Reinhold 17 Queen Street 2E7, Canada Australia Pty. Ltd. Mitcham...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch
Report (issue)
extraLapis English No. 3: Tourmaline Publisher Lapis International, LLC; East Hampton, CT Concept &...International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...Golconda Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil by Eberhard Equit, 1993 extraLapis English No. 3 Tourmaline A Gemstone...Francis, Maximilian Glas, Robert E. Kane, Vandall T. King, John I. Koivula, Ole V. Petersen, Alfredo Petrov...AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline - History in Brief ....
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...328 History Toramalli, a short history of the tourmaline grou p ....................... 331 by F. Benesch...Benesch and B. Wohrmann Mineralogy The tourmaline group: a resume........................................P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline.......................................................................413 by A. M. Bassett California Recent work at the Himalaya m in e .........
Report (volume)
............................................ California....................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Book
ARIZONA-V] 265-352 257-320 353-400 321-384 TOURMALINE ] 327--438 439-508 225-288 289-352 353-416...353-416 257-320 321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298
Journal (issue)
at Longkin worksite, north of323 Pharkant mining district, northern Myanmar. This jadeite had a full...to UV light. Blue opal is collected in a copper mining area called Acari near Nazca in Arequipa department...which are said to be very close to the chrysocolla mine (see p.330). The RI of the pink opal is 1.45 1.49...rough on the left is 4 cm wide. The Acari copper mine near Nazca in Arequipa department (close to the...the past to be sold to tourists. The same ore district also produces massive blue covellite with pyrite
Journal (issue)
Petersburg University specimens **- St.-Petersburg Mining Museum specimens 2 W o r l d of Stones. Ng 1 I...(admixture of Cr''). Height 7cm. b. Polychromatic tourmaline. 5. Fine zoned crystals. a. Synthetic quartz...the authors of this article, was opened in the Mining Museum of St. Petersburg not long ago and another...Unusual Crystallization or... Mineral Pathology? //Mine mlogicheskii zhurnal. 1989.1.11, N 2. p.96-98. 10...popularity in the world, while it is the leader in the USA. Recently, well known jewelry stones have been joined
Book
copper are in the Keweenaw Peninsular, Lake Superior, USA, the largest being I 5 x 7 x 3m (approx. 50 x 23...140mm (5½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law twins up to...Superior, Michigan, USA. Wires, up to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica... 48 mm, El Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on...from Farncomb Hill near Breckenridge, Colorado, USA. Fine crystals were also found in Berezovsk, Ural
Book (edition)
examined by Dr. Harry F. Miller of Oceanside, California, who offered numerous helpful suggestions toward...Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, whose helpful suggestions were also incorporated...studios of O. D. Smith, Photographer, La Jolla, California, under the personal direction of the author...Elbert H. McMacken of Ramona, William C. Woynar, San Diego, and William Schneider, Poway, Cali- fornia.... Walters, Carl E. Stentz, Newport Woynar, San Diego, Norman and Elbert of the following in- H
Report (issue)
fjil* STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 170...170 1954 DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALJFORNIA DAVIS DEPARTMENT...DIVISION OF MINES Son Francisco STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN San Francisco J. Ferry Building, KNIGHT...OlAF 170 September 1954 GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RICHARD Edited by H. JAHNS CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS...transmit herewith nulletin 170, Geoloejy of Southern California, prepared nnder the direction of Olaf P. Jenkins
Book (edition)
examined by Dr. Harry F. Miller of Oceanside, California, who offered numerous helpful suggestions toward...Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, whose helpful suggestions were also incorporated...studios of 0. D. Smith, Photographer, La Jolla, California, under the personal direction of the author,...Ramona, William C. Woynar, San Diego, and William Schneider, Poway, California. Additional photographs were... William C. Woynar, San Diego, Norman and Violet Dawson, San Marcos, California, and many other outstanding
Journal (issue)
inclusions orientated perpendicular to the c-axis. A tourmaline-quartz combination from Brazil has an iridescent...albite-oligoclase orthoclase perthite. Four-rayed star tourmaline (bicolour elbaite) has one direction caused by...new unusual cat's-eyes and star stones Quartz-tourmaline cat's-eye from Brazil A strange stone weighing...from a pegmatite in Minas Gerais. The base is tourmaline with a transparent light green core with a dark...structure. The next phase of growth on the green tourmaline consisted of thin tourmalines and white hexagonal
Book (edition)
NosTRAJ'\D R£GlONAL OFFICES: New York, Chicago, San Francisco D. London VAN NOSTRAND Co1v1PANY, LTD...1111ined by Dr. H arry F. l\1iller of Oceanside, California, ,vho offered nu1nerous helpful suggestions to...Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, ,vhose helpful suggestions ,vere also incorporated...studios of O. D. S1nith, Photographer, La Jolla, California, under the personal direction of the author,...Ramona, Williarn C. ,voynar, San Diego, and ,vil1iam Schneider, Po,.vay, California. Additional photographs
Journal (issue)
00 Cryptomelane Discovered at the Roxbury Iron Mine, Roxbury, Connecticut Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral...from the classic locality of the Roxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut has...morphology resembles the material found at the Clara Mine in Germany. The Roxbury specimen was collected about...collected about 30 years ago at the Roxbury Iron Mine. I originally picked it up because I had some good...minute cluster of cryptomelane from the Roxbury Iron Mine, here as extremely small, thin needles extracted
 
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