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Rutile from
Moccasin, New Melones Dam, West Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA


Classification
Species:Rutile
Formula:TiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rutile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Moccasin, New Melones Dam, West Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:978492
Long-form Identifier:1:3:978492:5
GUID (UUID V4):047e92f6-f66a-4517-864f-61719e27d49a
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metasomatism along the Melones Fault Zone, Sierra Nevada Foothills, California, USA GEORGE V. ALBINO* Corona...1375 Greg Street, Suite 105, Sparks, NV, 89431, USA Abstract Albitite, locally aegirine- and riebeckite-bearing...dykes and argillites along the Melones Fault Zone near Jamestown, California. Pyrite, magnetite, hematite...are typical of gold deposits of the Mother Lode Belt. Alkaline fluids responsible for Na-metasomatism...essentially isovolumetric. Sodium-rich zones along the Melones Fault Zone are closely associated with fault-bounded
Field Trip Notes
MANAGEMENT º, ſº ºf | LIBRARY UNIVERSITY or California … • * * ** ROADSIDE GEOLOGY AND MINING ...field guide follows, with minor modifications, California Division of Mines and Geology Bullet in 141 which...Landefeld and Snow in Yosemite and the Mother Lode Gold Belt, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Book...average value of gold produced in California was $25.00 per ounce. California State Highway 49, variously know...represents an important part of the sierran Gold Belt (49). This entire region has come to be known generally
Report (issue)
frank to return It DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR noy O. West. Secretary U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GeOl"ge Otis..."'::'.'" ., Prepared in cooperation with the California State Mining Bureau ..!' . ,(".1\\. lit ~..._ _ _ _ ___l DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Roy O. West, Secretary U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY George Otis Smith...Professional Paper 157 rfHE MOTHER LODE SYSTEM OF CALIFORNIA BY ADOLPH KNOPF 6-332 (February 1939) Prepared...Prepared in cooperation with the California State Mining Bureau Class,_ _ _ __ Book _____ GPO 16-50254-1
Report (issue)
Seismological Society of America, San Francisco, California, March 1991. This guidebook is available for...NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: San Francisco to the Sierra Nevada Editors DORIS SLOAN University of California, Berkeley...and DAVID L. WAGNER Division of Mines and California Department Geology of Conservation OF MINES...DEPOS GEOLOGIC EXCURSIONS C\j IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Geological Setting of the San Francisco Bay...Pinole C9j Geology Prieta Area. of Sonoma County. of the Berkeley Hills. Regional Shoreline.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mother Lode, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties, California R. H. WEIR, JR.,* ANDD. M. KERRICK Departmentof...Gold-bearingquartzveinsin the southernpart of the Mother Lode, California,formed from fluidswhich containedSi, K, CO2,... 225 km southwardalongthe Foothillsmetamorphic belt to Mariposain MariposaCounty.ThispaperpriRECENT...thrustunderthe lower PaleozoicShooFly complexalongthe Calaveras-Shoo Fly thrust(Schweickert,1981). SchweickertandCowan(1975)...ng, northwest-trendingfault zones such as the Melones fault zone and the Bear Mountains faultzone(Fig
Journal (issue)
brown, nonmagnetic grains of mixed anatase and rutile from which all iron has been leached. LOCALITY...present throughout the Powell, Clinch, Holston, and New River Valleys (Haynes, 1992). 'McDonogh School, McDonogh...exposures, which are in Virginia and nearby areas of West Virginia and Tennessee, have been described by Haynes...Figure 1. Location of 19 exposures in Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee from which titaniferous...and grayish red argillaceouslimestones of the Moccasin and Bays Formations (Haynes, 1992,1994; Haynes&c
Book (edition)
LIBRARY 3 1111 01599 4096 Rocks and Minerals of California THIRD REVISED EDITION NATUREGRAPH PUBLISHERS...LIBRARY GA BAPAEL CALIFORALA Rocks and Minerals of California THIRD REVISED EDITION Color Photographs W...greatly indebted to Dr. Gordon Oakeshott of the California State Division of Mines for his kind examination... Mrs. Eleanor M. Learned, who worked for the California Division of Mines and Geology, for looking over...Lactic ialiv ess Winib baie A wa ar Minerals of California................. 02... OTST TSS IGE Ee a, I RS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
melting of crustal xenoliths from Kilbourne Hole, New Mexico and implications for the contamination and...MartinsviUe, VA 24112, USA 2 IT Corporation, 5301 Central Ave. N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA 3 SN-2, NASA/Johnson...NASA/Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA Received September 24, 1992 / Accepted January 28, 1993...geochemical data suggest that the rhyolites of Moccasin John Canyon and Diamond Creek could represent...materials The crustal xenolith suite of Kilbourne Hole, New Mexico (Fig. 1) includes pelitic garnet granulite
Book (edition)
LAZULITE t^^*l IDOCRASE lOLITE k:^ RUBY /^^ RUTILE SAPPHIRE 1^ TOURMALINE CRYSTALS TOPAZ CRYSTALS... crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are famous for Lava known...divided geologically into the areas of the east and west, and the plains between The mountain regions in...through Georgia and westward to Tennessee and in the west including the Rockies and coast ranges, are characterized...which can be traced through have been retained. New gem locations are found every season, and to this
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...NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY ~ NEW YORK CINCINNATI TORONTO LONDON MELBOURNE ' Copyright© 1983 by Van Nostrand...Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. L35 West 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 10020 Van Nostrand Reinhold Publishing...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966
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 ... VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY NEW YORK CINCINNATI TORONTO LONDON MELBOURNE* Copyright © 1983...Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. 135 West 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 10020 Van Nostrand Reinhold
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by Wunderlin Brothers. The property is in Fergus County, about 18 miles north of Lewistown, in sec. 29...18 E., practically in the center of the North Moccasin Mountains of Montana. These mountains are a small...examination, however, shows the presence of three new prism forms, as well as a rare form recorded by but...east of and geologically very similar to the two Moccasin Mountains, have been described by W. H. Weed and...production from this area (Fergus County)' See also Freeman, O. W., The North Moccasin Mountains of Montana, Mining
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
35° and 36.6° North latitude and bounded on the west by the Mississippi River and on the east by high...left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis...and other nearby orebodies were discovered by the New Jersey Zinc Company when it was exploring for zinc
Report (issue)
INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Erosional History of the New River, Southern Appalachians, Virginia By Brenda...study 2 area--------------------------------- 6 New River drainage system--------- 8 Map area-----...124 Heavy-mineral assemblages-------------- 128 New River------------------------- 130 Blacksburg ...IV Chapter 6 Page Evolution of a part of the New River drainage system----------------------------...Eggleston and Newport 7 1/2-minute quadrangles, Giles County, Virginia-------------------------- In pocket
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Hematite (Spccularite) (Martite) (Turgite) Ilmenite Rutile (Leucoxene) 4 Checklist Pyrolusite (Varvicitc)...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com­ mon rock-making materials
Report (issue)
valleys. Gently dipping sedimentary strata form a belt of foothills separating the basin from the main...mountains. The Kootenai Formation outcrops in this belt, REGIONAL AQUIFER-SYSTEM ANALYSIS C6 110° 30'...109° 30' Highwood Mountains "*>. J3» iijNorth Moccasin Mountains 47 C 15' EXPLANATION 47° 00' m%%*...wooded Highwood, Little Belt, Big Snowy, Judith, and North and South Moccasin Mountains rise above the...folds, which form the Big Snowy, Little Belt, Judith, and Moccasin Mountains. The Highwood Mountains, consisting
Journal (issue)
A Modern Mounting Set With Sparkling Gens of RUTILE RAINBOW DIAMONDS Is the answer to your Christmas...that will be worn and cherished for years to come. RUTILE IS THE GEM OF THE HOUR — IT IS NOW A REALITY After...After years of experiments, synthetic RUTILE is now available in cut gems of breathtaking beauty. This...beautiful new Rainbow Diamonds DEALERS INQUIRIES SOLICITED 1 • Everyone to whom you show this new gem will...permit you to own one of these new gems at no cost to yourself. Our new SUPERCATALOG described below gives
Book
>*»> BRITL 622. 09794. C128 c. 1 CALIFORNIA MINERS # CALIFORNIA MINES AND MINERALS 3 T153 DODEETEO...(:()Mi>A.\v \.\i:isi'll California Mines and Minerals PUBLISHED BY THE California Miners' Association under...Edward H. Benjamin, ot Secretary for the California Meeting of the American Institute of Mining...SOUVENIE OF THEIR VISIT TO Tins ,\IIXI>ff; CALIFORNIA SEPTEMBER AND OCTOHEK 1809. K 6k 2 Kntered...spirited enough to look citizens after their county interests, prepared from the Secretary's all
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
aragonite, or rutile after brookite; these pseudò-forms are called paramorphs. Rutile after brookite...always the case for some, such as the paramorphic rutile just mentioned, have high lustre. Then there is...to show surface alteration to cerussite. Jasoer County. Missouri. U.S.N.M. 82Z04 Fig. 2. Pyrite to limonite...S.N.M. 82100. Fig. 4. Selenite to quartz. Sioux County, Kansas. U.S.N.M. 106749. Fig. 5. Orthoclase to... U.S.N.M. 106173. Fig. 12. Wulfenfte to quartz. New Mexico. U.S.N.M. C-1263. Smithsonian Photo Laboratory
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bassett Stone Company quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, ca. 1962. Shown are the older underground...then changed to open-pit mining, expanding into new areas and reclaiming the limestone pillars of the...from the Bassett Stone quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Catnip Hill facility near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing...Catnip Hill facility, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by [University...Rocky Mountains, and furthest to the northwest, the belt basin. The Rocky Mountains contain sedimentary,...mineral specimens. The belt basin is dominated by ancient metasediments called the Belt Supergroup. It is...more people), there is a vast territory to explore. New discoveries continue to be made. Snow cover obscures...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal
Book (edition)
Woodland, Calif. ROCKS AND MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA SECOND REVISED By Vinson Brown EDITION and...Sie clos foe, ote 6 oS) oe teens Key to Common California Minerals .............. Some Rarer Minerals of....... Rocks California A Brief History of +++++--..........Rocks Key to Common California Photographs...Photographs in Color of California Rocks and Minerals ... Maps of California Rock and Mineral Distribution ....... Printing California Company INTRODUCTION A GLORIOUS STATE The state of California is blessed with
Book (volume)
most important gold belts include  the Dahlonega Belt that extends from near Tallapoosa northeastward...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:
Journal (issue)
A Modern Mounting Set With Sparkling Gens oi RUTILE RAINBOW DIAMONDS Is the answer to your gift problem...REALITY After years of experiments, synthetic RUTILE is now available in cut gems of breathtaking beauty...beautiful new Rainbow Diamonds DEALERS INQUIRIES SOLICITED Everyone to whom you show this new gem will...permit you to own one of these new gems at no cost to yourself. Our new SUPERCATALOG described below gives...articles by authors of national fame. There are new articles by EMIL KRONQUIST and LOUIS WIENER on jewelry
Journal (issue)
A Modern Moulting Set With Sparkling Gems of RUTILE RAINBOW DIAMONDS Is the answer to your gift problem...that will be worn and cherished for years to come. RUTILE IS THE GEM OF THE HOUR — IT IS NOW A REALITY After...After years of experiments, synthetic RUTILE is now available in cut gems of breathtaking beauty. This...beautiful new Rainbow Diamonds DEALERS INQUIRIES SOLICITED Everyone to whom you show this new gem will...permit you to own one of these new gems at no cost to yourself. Our new SUPERCATALOG described below gives
 
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