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Corundum from California, USA

USA
 
  • California
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 160
    • El Dorado County
      • West Belt
        • Coloma Mining District
          • Coloma
            • Sutter Mill Bar and River (Old Sutter Mill site)
Zhao, X., Lin,Y., Yin,Q.-Z., Zhang, J., Hao, J., Zolensky, M. & Jenniskens, P. (2014) Presolar grains in the CM2 chondrite Sutter's Mill. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 49(11): 2038-2046) (Nov 2014)
    • Fresno County
      • Wright Mountain
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Page, N.J. and Coleman, R.G. (1967) Serpentine mineral analyses and physical properties. USGS Professional Paper 575-B: 104
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 143.
    • Los Angeles County
      • Angeles Crest highway
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Sharp, W.E. (1959) Minerals from Los Angeles County, California. Printed privately, Los Angeles, California: 38
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 143.
Eaton, A. L. 1946. Pomona club collects at mineralized Cascade Canyon. The Desert Magazine, Volume 9 Number 10, August. Desert Press, Inc. El Centro, California, p. 31, 40pp.
      • Claremont
USGS MRDS database (2005).
Gay, T.E. and Hoffman, S.R. (1954) Mines and mineral deposits of Los Angeles County, California. California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division of Mines (Report 50): 50(3&4): 698
Kunz, George F. (1905) Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California. Bulletin 37 (2nd ed.) California State Mining Bureau
Hanks, Henry Garber (1884), Fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 4, 410 pp.: 157
Blake, Wm. P. (1866), Annotated catalogue of the principal mineral species hitherto recognized n California and the adjoining states and territories
being a report of the California State Board of Agriculture. 31 pp., Sacramento: 10
      • Santa Catalina Island
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Bradley, W.W. (1941), Thirty-seventh report of the State Mineralogist: California Division Mines Report 37: 194
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 452.
    • Mariposa County
      • Yosemite National Park
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 160
Rose, Robert Leon (1957), Andalusite and corundum-bearing pegmatites in Yosemite National Park, California: American Mineralogist: 42: 635
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 143.
    • Mono County
      • White Mountains
        • White Mountain Peak
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Wise, W. S. (1977): Mineralogy of the Champion mine White Mountains, California. Mineralogical Record 8, 478-486
Gross, E.B. and Parwel, A. (1968) Rutile mineralization at the White Mountain andalusite deposit, California. Arkiv för Mineralogie och Geologi 4, No. 29: 493-497
Kerr, Paul Francis (1932), Occurrence of andalusite and related minerals at White Mountain, California: Economic Geology: 27: 621
Peck, Albert B. (1924), Note on andalusite from California: a new use and some thermal properties: American Mineralogist: 9: 123-129
[…California Mining Bureau. Report 20: 149-154 (1924)]
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 143.
    • Plumas County
      • Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District)
        • Meadow Valley
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Murdoch, Joseph, Webb, Robert W. (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. p.1-559.
Pratt, Joseph Hyde (1906), Corundum and its occurrence and distribution in the United States: USGS Bulletin 269: 42
Andrew Lawson Univ. California, Dep. Geol. Bull. 3 (1903)219-229
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 431
        • Spanish Peak
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Kunz, George F. (1905) Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California. Bulletin 37 (2nd ed.) California State Mining Bureau
Lawson, Andrew Cowper (1903), Plumasite, an oligoclase corundum rock, near Spanish Peak, California: University of California, Department of Geological Sciences Bulletin: 3: 219
Kunz, George Frederick (1900), Precious stones: Mineral Resources U.S., 1899: 436
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 143.
    • Riverside County
      • Cahuilla Mining District
        • Little Cahuilla Mountain
Webb, R. W. 1942. Two Andalusite Pegmatites from Riverside County, California. The American Mineralogist. 28(11-12):581-593.
      • El Cerrito
American Mineralogist (1930) 15: 79-80
      • Hemet
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • Jurupa Valley
        • Crestmore
[micromounts@yahoogroups.com]
        • Jurupa Mountains
DeVito, Fred, Ordway, Al (1984) The Jensen Quarry, Riverside County, California. The Mineralogical Record, 15 (5) 273-290
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Cooney, R.L. (1956), The mineralogy of the Jensen and Henshaw quarries near Riverside, California: Unpublished Master’s thesis, University of California at Los Angeles: 28
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 143.
      • Menifee Mining District (Auld Mining District)
        • Winchester
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 161
Webb, R.W. (1943), Two andalusite pegmatites from Riverside County, California American Mineralogist: 28: 581
      • Palm Springs
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • San Jacinto Mountains
        • Soboba Hot Springs (Ritchey Hot Springs; White Sulphur Spring)
Shawn Underwood Collection
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
Rynerson, F. J. 1967. Exploring and Mining Gems & Gold in the West
Ch. 23, p. 151: Naturegraph Publishers, Inc., Happy Camp, California.
    • San Bernardino County
Shepherd, H. V. (2010, March). Zr-in-rutile Thermometry of a Ruby-bearing Metamorphic Rock, Cascade Canyon, San Bernardino County, CA. In Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, (Vol. 42, No. 1, p. 160).
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 161
Louderback, George Davis & Walter C. Blasdale (1910), Ruby corundum from San Bernardino County, California (abstract): Science, new series: 32: 31
[…Geological Society of America Bulletin (1910): 21: 793]
Merriam, R. and Laudermilk, J. D. 1936. Two Diopsides from Southern California. The American Mineralogist: 21(11): 715-718
Eaton, A. L. 1946. Pomona club collects at mineralized Cascade Canyon. The Desert Magazine, Volume 9 Number 10, August. Desert Press, Inc. El Centro, California, p. 31, 40pp.
      • Stoddard Peak
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 161
Schmeltz, Fred W. (1932), Lapis-lazuli in California: Rocks & Minerals: 7: 69
    • San Diego County
      • Jacumba
        • Tule Mountain (Mount Tule; Tulley Mountain)
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 161
Merrill, F. J. H. 1914. Geology and Mineral Resources of San Diego and Imperial Counties: Gems, Lithia Minerals. California State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, Cal. California State Printing Office, December. Chapter 1: 73
      • Jamul Mountains
        • San Miguel Mountain
Kunz, George F. (1905) Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California. Bulletin 37 (2nd ed.) California State Mining Bureau
Merrill, F. J. H. 1914. Geology and Mineral Resources of San Diego and Imperial Counties: Gems, Lithia Minerals. California State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, Cal. California State Printing Office, December. Chapter 1, p 73.
      • Laguna Mountains
        • Alpine
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Schaller, Waldemar Theodore (1905a), Dumortierite: American Journal of Science, 4th. Series: 19: 97
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 144.
 
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