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Pyrophyllite from
Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrophyllite
Formula:Al2Si4O10(OH)2
Comments:Occurs as sheaves of plates to 12 mm and small clusters of radiating masses and veinlets in andalusite.
Colour:White to colourless
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Andalusite
Apatite
Augelite
Diaspore
Quartz
Topaz
Woodhouseite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Rutile45 photos of Pyrophyllite associated with Rutile at this locality.
Diaspore3 photos of Pyrophyllite associated with Diaspore at this locality.
Quartz2 photos of Pyrophyllite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Andalusite1 photo of Pyrophyllite associated with Andalusite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrophyllite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:9209
Long-form Identifier:1:3:9209:8
GUID (UUID V4):f754573e-f6de-467b-b3b1-7ae053329aaa
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrophyllite
1.9km (1.2 miles) Colton Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Pacific Mine, Indian Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
59.6km (37.1 miles) Imus Mine (Imus deposit), Fish Springs, Fish Springs Mining District (Tinemaha Mining district), Owens Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
81.1km (50.4 miles) Unnamed Mica-Andalusite occurrence (1), Bench Creek (Bench Canyon) - North Fork San Joaquin River confluence area, Ritter Range, Madera County, California, USA
81.2km (50.4 miles) Low Pass, Bench Creek (Bench Canyon) - North Fork San Joaquin River confluence area, Ritter Range, Madera County, California, USA
81.2km (50.5 miles) Bench Creek (Bench Canyon) - North Fork San Joaquin River confluence area, Ritter Range, Madera County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Guelph] at 01:09 24 December 2014 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lue minerals are a traditional...well-known locality of this type is, of course, Graves Mountain, Georgia. The occurrence of lazulite in this and...specimens, an attractive lazulite from Graves Mountain has been suggested for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...occurs in shades of azure-blue to sky-blue, bluish-white, yellow-green, blue-green, and green. It has a vitreous...quartz and generally classed as quartzites (Graves Mountain). Lesser occurrences are in quartz and phosphate-rich
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OF ANDALUSITE MINERALS AT WHITE AND RELATED MOUNTAIN, CALIFORNIA. PAULF. KEI•R. INTRODUCTION...INTRODUCTION. TI-IE andalusite mine near White Mountain, California, is at presentthe only andalusite mineof commercial...one-half miles east of Shealysiding,betweenBishop,California,andGoldfield,Nevada. The depositoccurson the...from . the California- ",,,• '"'> F•. •. The andalusite mine is located in Mono County, C•ifornia...Nevada Mountains and on the west side of White Mountain. Nevadaline (Fig. •). The main mine plant is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 07:06 06 January 2015 Klamath Cascade Mountains Range I 396 ROCKS & MINERALS Modoc Plateau...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 00:39 19 January 2015 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lack and nearly black minerals-no...ferberite, and rutile, especially that from Graves Mountain, Georgia. To some, however, the beauty and importance...aluminous schists; and alpine-type pockets. The Graves Mountain rutile nominated for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...chlorite, muscovite, kyanite, andalusite, and pyrophyllite. Microscopic rutile inclusions play an important...near Waterbury, Vermont; at Poker Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island; and in Essex, Orange, and Warren
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
486 ROCKS AND MINERALS THE MONO COUNTY ANDALUSITE MINE C. D. WOODHOUSE Dean, Santa Barbara College;...College; former manager, Mono County andalusite m i n e ; amateur mineral collector. Geographic and Geologic...Geologic Setting The Mono County Mine, owned and operated by the Champion Spark Plug Company of Toledo...west-central California on the western flank of the White Mountains about 20 miles south of the California-Nevada...California-Nevada State Line. The highest peak, White Mountain (elevation 14,201), is only a few hundred feet lower
Report (issue)
Pyrophyllite Al2 Si4 O10 (OH)2 ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...Optical Properties: Translucent to opaque. Color: White, pale blue, yellow, apple-green, grayish green,...347(6) X-ray Powder Pattern: Tres Cerritos, California, USA. 3.037 (8), 4.53 (4), 8.97 (3), 2.400 (3b)...Total 99.80 Chemistry: (1) Tres Cerritos, California, USA; corresponds to (Al 1: 97 Fe3+ 0:01 )§=1:98...Krassik, between Pyschminsk and Beresov, Ural Mountains. From St. Niklas, Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AUGELITE FROM MONO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Dwrcnr M. LBulroN, Stanford, Llniaersity, California. Augelite, basic...in the andalusite orebody of the l\{ono County Mine of Champion Sillinranite, Inc., during the summer oI...University. The andalusite mine is located on the west slope of White Mountain in California, and was briefly described...Kerr' in 1932. DnscnrprroN ol MoNo CouNrv AucBr-rrp The augelite occurs in white, colorless,to yellowish cleavable...of andalusite and related minerals at White Mountain, California: Econ. Geol., vol. 27, pp. 614442, 193
Report (issue)
Azure-blue, sky-blue, bluish white, yellow-green, blue-green, rarely green. Streak: White. Luster: Vitreous. Optical...34 5.66 Total 99.95 100.00 (1) Graves Mountain, Georgia, USA. (2) (Fe, Mg)Al2 (PO4 )2 (OH)2 with Fe:Mg...andalusite, rutile, kyanite, corundum, muscovite, pyrophyllite, dumortierite, wagnerite, svanbergite, berlinite...Västanå iron mine, Nasüm, Skåne. In the USA, large crystals from Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia;...Nevada; at the Champion mine and the nearby Vulcanus claim, White Mountains, Mono Co., California. Fine crystals
Report (issue)
Properties: Translucent to transparent. Color: Colorless, white, flesh-pink. Luster: Vitreous, pearly on {0001}...386(6) Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Champion mine, California, USA. (ICDD 37-469). 2.932 (100), 2.163...13.54 13.05 Total 99.87 100.00 (1) Champion mine, California, USA. (2) CaAl3 (PO4 )(SO4 )(OH)6 . Mineral...quartz veins in an andalusite deposit (Champion mine, California, USA); a product of sulphatic argillic wall-rock...deposits, replacing apatite (Summitville, Colorado, USA); rarely a cave deposit, formed from guano. Association:
Catalog/List
Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...Dixon Nearly pure white xlline lamellar mass . MOONSTONE India ----rransparent green cleavages of gem...Calcium iron cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular...magnesium iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline...basic silicate of sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls imbedded in
Report (issue)
in reflected light, gray with bluish tint, with white, yellow, or red internal reflections. Streak: Pale...(1) 97.46 2.62 Total 100.08 (1) Graves Mountain, Georgia, USA. Polymorphism & Series: Mineral Group:...apatite, adularia, albite, titanite, chlorite, pyrophyllite, calcite, quartz. Distribution: Many localities;...Ural Mountains, Russia. In the USA, at Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas; on Graves Mountain, Washington...Co., Pennsylvania; in the Champion mine, White Mountains, Mono Co., California. In Brazil, large crystals
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...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...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
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...Beach, CaL 92651 [714]494~7695 Publisher John S. White Division of Mineralogy The Smithsonian Institution...Wilson Mineralogist Circulation Manager Mary Lynn White Associate Editors written content: Richard A. Bideaux...E id a h l M in e ra lo g y o f th e Cham pion Mine, W h ite M o u n ta in s , C a lifo r n ia ....
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
Book
scattering properties that are needed to make a good white pigment. They are extremely stable against degradation...eliminate yellowish tones and yield a pleasing bluish-white color in daylight. All three species have been known...(A material ;ure 2. Faceted rutile from Zegi Mountain, Pakistan. The stones are very dark, but with...intense blue internal reflections, in contrast to the white-to-yellow internal reflections of the surrounding...might also play a role. It has been estimated that peak shock pressures ranged from 16 to 20 GPa and that
Book
7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794
Report (issue)
567–16.75 Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Champion mine, California, USA. (ICDD 39-1361). 2.949 (100), 2.2069...45 (1) Near Hawthorne, Nevada, USA. (2) Champion mine, California, USA; by electron microprobe, H2 O by...ore deposits, replacing apatite. Association: Pyrophyllite, kyanite, andalusite, lazulite, augelite, alunite...(Horrsjöberg), Värmland, and at the Västanå mine, near Näsum, Skåne, Sweden. In the Novodmitrievsk...less-well-defined localities in Russia. In the USA, in the Dover andalusite mine, about 20 km northeast of Hawthorne
Report (issue)
to white, may be yellowish to pale rose, greenish; colorless in transmitted light. Streak: White. Luster:... 50.99 13.51 Total 99.33 100.00 (1) Västanå mine, Sweden; after deduction of quartz impurity. (2)...(Västanå mine, Sweden); lazulite, rutile, pyrophyllite, barite (Champion mine, California, USA); arsenopyrite...zinkenite (Bolivia). Distribution: From the Västanå mine, near Näsum, Skåne, and at Hålsjöberg, Värmland...Rwanda. In the USA, large crystals from the Champion mine, White Mountains, Mono Co., California; in New Hampshire
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA ' ABSTRACT The Protogine Zone comprises a system...Protogine Zone have been interpreted to date either the peak of metamorphism or cooling after metamorphic culmination...the Haile Mine and Graves Mts in the southern Appalachians, and the Mono County Andalusite Mine and Champion...Champion Mine in the White Mts, California (Espenshade & Potter, 1960; Wise & Loh, 1976). Some of these... To the west, the protomylonite is replaced by white-mica schist, banded chloritoidmuscovite granofels
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
9 JUNE, 1924 No.6 NOTE OT{ ANDALUSITE FROM CALIFORNIA: A NEW USE AND SOME THERMAL PROPERTIES Arsrnr...slope of White Mountain, in the White Mountains of the Inyo Range, Mono County, California. The deposit...material shows variation also. Crystals are generally white on the exterior portion but when broken show directly...green or gray color but granular masses are usually white, gray, or pinkish-brown. This latter color is in...andalusite. The crystals are usually covered with a thin white coating which is dull and somewhat rough, so that
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town kept...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines
Catalog/List
limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen...Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite MM Lot 10-1'' lxl" lx2" I. 25 .50 I. 00 2.50 5... Austria 1 SWitzerland Aleine areas Fine large white twin xls on 1:;neisswith chlorite . ALLANITE Calcium
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dioritic intrusions. Preore barren quartz, alunite, pyrophyllite, and kandite alteration (high-sulfidation style)...00 were determined by Vikre (1989), Criss and Champion (1991), and Criss et al. (2000). This paper describes...andesitic volcanism in western Nevada and eastern California. After Stewart and Carlson (1976). 367 368...north of the Lyon County line in the Virginia City area. The area south of the Lyon County line was mapped...Disconformably overlying the Alta Formation is the Kate Peak Formation, informally divided into a hydrothermally
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...when I first took this job, then-publisher John White offered to buy me a steak dinner if I ever managed...e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey, M.
Report (issue)
] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's
 
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