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Tourmaline from
Little Three Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cleavelanditeⓘ5 photos of Tourmaline associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Topazⓘ3 photos of Tourmaline associated with Topaz at this locality.
Smoky Quartzⓘ2 photos of Tourmaline associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Quartzⓘ1 photo of Tourmaline associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Little Three Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (19 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:675088
Long-form Identifier:1:3:675088:6
GUID (UUID V4):0c5b691f-dbd3-43e7-81da-1ea1f99b25d6
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘHercules Mine (Beryl claim; Hercules claim; Hercules group; Hercules prospect), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘSunrise claim (Black Panther prospect), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘLookout Mine (Hercules group; Lookout prospect; Upper Hercules mine), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘCable Mine (Little Three Extension prospect; New A.B.C. prospect; New ABC prospect), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘEquestrian prospect, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘSurprise Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘApollo Lode claim, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘCoyote diggings, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘA.B.C. Mine (ABC Mine; Daggett & MacIntosh; Daggett group), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘProspect Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...producing spectacular specimens of multicolored tourmaline, the region’s pegmatites have also been the source...spodumene now known as kunzite. Since the beginning of mining in the late nineteenth century, production from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MIAROLITIC GRANITIC PEGMATITES AT THE LITTLE THREE MINE, RAMONA, CALIFORNIA, USA David LONDON§, George B. MORGAN...73019, USA Abstract Miarolitic granitic pegmatites at the Little Three mine property near Ramona, San...San Diego County, California, USA, possess a bulk composition that closely matches that of a hydrous peraluminous...granitic liquid that is saturated with respect to tourmaline at a temperature of ~450°C. As such, the pegmatites...partially cumulate nor hydrothermal in nature. The Little Three pegmatites are, however, sharply zoned. Chemical
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Volume Thirty-three, Number Five 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
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home on January 8, 1998 at the age of 51 after a three-year battle with lymphoma. Gene was a career scientist...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...Pala district, spring 1991. 2. Gene Foord with his friend George Ashley at Hiriart Mountain, San Diego...Diego County, California, 1986. 3. Gene in Jackson, Wyoming, August 1996, on his way back to Denver after
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...finegrained plagioclase + quartz + muscovite +/− black tourmaline and thin laminations defined by concentrations...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
Report (issue)
laying it upon the photographic plate Bulletin San Francisco, No. 37. June, 1905. Gems, Jewelers’...of California Issued California State by the Mining Bureau Francisco. Ferry Building, San Lewis...growing of the output care Kunz, A.M., No. California,” Stones of of which this Bulletin treats is...to F. George Bureau: Mining Ornamental the Honorable and California, of State the of the...have report, again department. Bureau is California, of this Museum from their mines, I of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The boron isotopic evolution of the Little Three pegmatites, Ramona, CA James L. Maner, David London PII:...The boron isotopic evolution of the Little Three pegmatites, Ramona, CA. The address for the corresponding...The boron isotopic evolution of the Little Three pegmatites, Ramona, CA James L. Maner IV* and David London...710 Norman, OK 73019, USA IP T *email: jlmaner87@ou.edu CR ABSTRACT Tourmaline, mica, hambergite,...axinite from three pegmatite dikes (named Main, US Swamp, and Spessartine) at the Little Three mine near Ramona
Journal (issue)
FEATURE ARTICLES 260 An Update on “Paraíba” Tourmaline from Brazil James E. Shigley, Brian C. Cook,...Brendan M. Laurs, and Marcelo de Oliveira Bernardes Mining activities for these vivid cuprian elbaites are...pg. 261 Spessartine Garnet from Ramona, San Diego County, California Brendan M. Laurs and Kimberly Knox...on amethyst, citrine, and ametrine from the Anahí mine, Bolivia • “Copal” resin from Madagascar • Iolite...Brazil • “Ruby Rock” cabochons • Tourmaline from Warner Springs, California • Synthetic topaz • Exhibits
Journal (issue)
Jan/Feb 2024 Vol.99, No.1 ROCKS MINE ."Iii[! iil"J www.tandfonline.com/vram Pegmatite Minerals & Gems...Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM Consulting Editors Joel...Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology...$76 for one year, $124 for two years, 5186 for three years (includes online access). An institutional...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut
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)
Crystallization of the Little Three layered pegmatite-aplite dike, Ramona District, California Received: 24 March...currently is little concensus as to how such dikes form. The Little Three dike near Ramona, California, is representative...near the base of the graphic pegmatite zone. Tourmaline, garnet, biotite, and muscovite show no changes...separate magma injections. The chemistries of tourmaline, garnet, and micas, however, preclude conventional...100 East Boyd Street, SEC 810 Norman, OK 73019, USA; Fax: (405) 325-3140; e-mail: gmorgan@ou.edu Editorial
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 $8.00 3 CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT
Journal (issue)
ou sur rendez-vous Elbaite - 7,1 cm de largeur Mine Hima/aya,Mesa Grande,Californie,U.S.A. Coll. : 8...Scovil • Barite surfluorite Crista/: 4 x 3 x 0,4 cm Mine de /'Ave/lan, Var Coll. : G. Mari Photo : l.-D....et kunzite(cristal 10 x 6 cm) dans quartz avec tourmaline (gangue 11 x 10 cm) de Laura Do Urucum,Bresil...Jesse FISHER 380 PennsylvaniaAvenue- San Francisco- CA 94107- USA (Traduitde l'anglaispar J. GALVIER)...exploitations teltes qu'Himalaya,TourmalineQueen au Little Three se trouvent aujourd'hui dans les collections
Journal (issue)
paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...l e T h r e e M Ramona in e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord...80225 Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
05:07 04 June 2016 \ Los Angeles County j San Bernardino County ..I. ...............................Riverside County I J Jb3 %$*6 Orange Cahuilla Mt X Mt X Mesa Grande X Ramona San Diego County : ’...[University of Exeter] at 05:07 04 June 2016 0 Imperial County h 30 Figure 7 (above). Location map showing Cahuilla...and other major pegmatite districts in Southern California. Map by William W. Besse. Figure 8 (above right)...Dike claim, Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County, California. Map by William W. Besse. Figure 9 (right)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by [University of California, San Diego] at 03:56 02 March 2016 What TOURMALINE Says T HIS IS THE...in which they form. The series continues with tourmaline, the most common of the boron-rich minerals....(facing page). Species, varieties, and habits of tourmaline: (a) left: schorl, 20 cm, Minas Gerais, Brazil...cm, Garnet Ledge dike, Little Three mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California. Varieties of elbaite:...elbaite: (c) rubellite, 10 cm, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, California, found by Ralph Potter in 1958, William
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2013) invited me to his Little Three pegmatite mine near Ramona, California, to view the last of a string...crystal-filled miarolitic cavities that he had been mining from the main pegmatite dike on the property (see...2012 for additional details of the mine). Spaulding had been mining northward up a steeply dipping portion...through the portal was a Coke-cansized green tourmaline crystal with topaz and albite around its base...of lepidolite and single crystals of topaz and tourmaline (fig. 2). It was immediately apparent that despite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for all or portions of three thin granitic pegmatite dikes in southern California are derived from feldspar...compositions. Feldspar solvus thermometry from these three dikes indicates that their pegmatite-forming melts...Norman, OK 73019, USA 2 Drillinginfo, 440 Louisiana St., Suite 400, Houston, TX 77002, USA characteristic...liquids. We present data for three thin pegmatite dikes from southern California. Assessments of chemical...results are of questionable accuracy. The remaining three studies indicate 13 Contributions to Mineralogy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
namibite from the Pala pegrnatite district, San Diego Co., California, USA Eugene E. Foord THE 100 Ma complex... intruded into various units of the Southern California Batholith, are known to contain bismuth minerals...of a number of dykes in the Pala district, San Diego Co., California: native bismuth, bismuthinite, bismite...bismutite, and beyerite. The Little Three pegmatite-aplite dyke in the Ramona district, contains minor amounts...1989). The Himalaya dyke system in the Mesa Grande district contains bismuth, bismutite, pucherite and beyerite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...individual parts, they have received surprisingly little investigation as a whole; that is, as rocks, through...contain biotite and muscovite and accessory garnet, tourmaline, and apatite. Pegmatites that host appreciable...aplite 2 cm b 2 cm Fig. 1. Graphic granite, Ramona, California. (a) Viewed perpendicular to the a-axis direction...Light blue bands are phantoms of ne-grained tourmaline. (b) This view down the a-axis direction shows
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most popular of all collectible...pegmatites in Southern California. Consequently, in keeping with the California theme of the 2011 Tucson...beryl, so well known from the pegmatites of San Diego County, has been nominated for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen is in...elbaite from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 5 × 4 × 3.5-cm specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019 USA * Corresponding author. ABSTRACT of Crystallization...principal sources of gem materials of beryl, tourmaline, topaz, spessartine, spodumene, quartz, and others...feldspars with accessory ur amounts of micas, tourmaline, spodumene, garnet, beryl, and others. In clay-packed...with cooling and time. These can be recognized as three stages of crystallization in order: (1) primary...overgrowths on the common species and varieties of tourmaline, beryl, spodumene, topaz, and quartz. Lepidolite
Journal (issue)
Joe Marchesani; Jmarch06@comcast.net SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER: Dr. Don Buchanan; dbuch7326@aol.com...Finger) and LKA Emeralds, Hiddenite, Alexander County, NC Go On Public Exhibit in New York City. Emeralds...Emeralds Elite (emeraldselite.com) from Little Rock, AR announced on September 12, 2019 that the LKA and................................... 2 Independence Mine, ......................................................................................... 2 California ..............................................
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Mineralsfrom the MidstateQuarry Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas Art Smith 9118 Concho Houston, Texas...mmlong, Midstate Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, photo by the author. Middle& PolarUrals...Russian • __., helicopter to fly further north to the mining village of Neroika. We spent our next 11 days in...the purest quartz in the world. At the height of mining, it employed some 240 workers and their families...equipment, and weather conditions add to the problem. Mining at Neroika is done in drifts cut into the mountainside
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Displays JOSEPHINE SCRIPPS Photo by Walt Weaver. CALIFORNIA MINERAL COLLECTOR EXTRAORDINARY Some people...L L P. M A C F A L L P. O. Box 309 Coronado, California 92118 J O S I E , F O R E V E R Y O N E C A...in Detroit, St. Louis, Cleveland, Chicago, and San Diego, as well as founding the Scripps-Howard News Service... came to Southern California in the 1890s and put his wealth into San Diego County land. Josie grew up...the family's 400-acre Miramar ranch north of San Diego. Like all alert children, she had a passing interest
 
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