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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Pegmatite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pegmatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Little Three Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1283594
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1283594:0
GUID (UUID V4):37bf704b-db7e-41f6-bd98-98f0f7e5e871
Nearest other occurrences of Pegmatite
22.6km (14.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed Pegmatite occurrence, Ranchita, Volcan Mountains, San Diego County, California, USA
43.9km (27.3 miles) ⓘPala Chief Mine (Chief mine; MS 6452; Salmons mine), Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
44.0km (27.4 miles) ⓘElizabeth R. Mine (Hazel W. claim), Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
56.9km (35.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed pegmatite [2], Cahuilla Mountain, Cahuilla Mining District, Riverside County, California, USA
62.6km (38.9 miles) ⓘGranitic pegmatite occurrence (group II; younger pegmatites), Little Cahuilla Mountain, Cahuilla Mining District, Riverside County, California, USA
62.7km (38.9 miles) ⓘAndalusite pegmatite (group I; older pegmatites), Little Cahuilla Mountain, Cahuilla Mining District, Riverside County, California, USA
74.0km (46.0 miles) ⓘCampbell prospect, Fish Creek Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
75.0km (46.6 miles) ⓘSnow White Mine, Carrizo Mountain, Coyote Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
75.8km (47.1 miles) ⓘBundy-Murrieta deposit, Menifee, Menifee Mining District (Auld Mining District), Riverside County, California, USA
77.8km (48.3 miles) ⓘBlack Lady Mine (Shell Canyon; Trenchard claim; Copper Contact lode; Coyote Mountain; Black Lady group; Cevn group), Carrizo Mountain, Coyote Mountains, Imperial 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...or much of the past century, the Southern California pegmatite province has been the source of some of...spodumene now known as kunzite. Since the beginning of mining in the late nineteenth century, production from...of the gem and specimen market. High points of mining activity occurred during the first decade of the
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...partially cumulate nor hydrothermal in nature. The Little Three pegmatites are, however, sharply zoned. Chemical...the temperatures recorded by feldspars in the pegmatite that surrounds the miarolitic pockets, then the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...Chief and Elizabeth R layered pegmatite-aplite dikes, Pala District, California, and the significance for...27858, USA 2 Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA incompatible...incompatible character of Zn in evolving pegmatite-aplite melts and shows the usefulness of gahnite as a...indicate a source of granitic pegmatite-aplite. Keywords Gahnite . Aplite . California . Elizabeth R . Pala Chief
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 . . . . ... History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson. The...web site at www.wmtucson.com DANBURITE – Aurora Mine, Charcas, SanLuis Potosi, Mexico When in Tucson
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
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 (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...100 East Boyd Street, SEC 710 Norman, OK 73019, USA IP T *email: jlmaner87@ou.edu CR ABSTRACT Tourmaline...axinite from three pegmatite dikes (named Main, US Swamp, and Spessartine) at the Little Three mine near Ramona
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
namibite from the Pala pegrnatite district, San Diego Co., California, USA Eugene E. Foord THE 100 Ma complex...LCT-type composite pegmatite-aplite dykes, intruded into various units of the Southern California Batholith,...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 (issue)
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...the bright orange garnets from this century-old pegmatite locality. NOTES AND NEW TECHNIQUES 296 Pink...on amethyst, citrine, and ametrine from the Anahí mine, Bolivia • “Copal” resin from Madagascar • Iolite...Rock” cabochons • Tourmaline from Warner Springs, California • Synthetic topaz • Exhibits, announcements,
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)
Crystallization of the Little Three layered pegmatite-aplite dike, Ramona District, California Received: 24 March...March 1999 Abstract Subhorizontally layered pegmatite-aplite bodies are characterized by ÂŽne-grained...commonly graphic potassic pegmatite. Although well studied, there currently is little concensus as to how such...such dikes form. The Little Three dike near Ramona, California, is representative of such zoned bodies...miarolitic pockets near the base of the graphic pegmatite zone. Tourmaline, garnet, biotite, and muscovite
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 ..............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...mines in California is the Consolidated Index of Publications, Division of Mines and State Mining Bureau
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....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...des monts San Jacinto, dans le centre du comte de Riverside,traversele comte de San Diego et se prolongejusqu'a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for all or portions of three thin granitic pegmatite dikes in southern California are derived from feldspar...solvus thermometry from these three dikes indicates that their pegmatite-forming melts crystallized at...shallower depths than the igneous sources of the pegmatite-forming melts. The temperature profiles are nearly...upon cooling on the solidus surface. Keywords Pegmatite ¡ Geothermometry ¡ Perthite ¡ Plagioclase ¡ Rubidium...Norman, OK 73019, USA 2 Drillinginfo, 440 Louisiana St., Suite 400, Houston, TX 77002, USA characteristic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2013) invited me to his Little Three pegmatite mine near Ramona, California, to view the last of a string...miarolitic cavities that he had been mining from the main pegmatite dike on the property (see London et...of the mine). Spaulding had been mining northward up a steeply dipping portion of his pegmatite, and the...removing approximately 20 cm of loose brecciated pegmatite, an open space appeared. As I explored the space...80° E. in the 1991 London Pocket, Little Three mine, Ramona, California, after about 100 kilograms of material
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...Available online 1 November 2013 Keywords: Granitic pegmatite Internal zonation Fractional crystallization Constitutional...in terms of the comprehensive petrogenesis of pegmatite bodies (pressure, temperature, and whole-rock...a summary of the current understanding of the pegmatite-forming environment, (3) the processes that determine...fundamental determinates of the internal evolution of pegmatite zones are: (1) the bulk composition of melt, (2)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pegmatites: ART Downloaded by [University of California, San Diego] at 03:56 02 March 2016 What TOURMALINE...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...terminated, 6 cm, 1991 London Pocket, Little Three mine, Ramona, California; (e) indicolite, 5.6 cm, Aracuai...4 cm, Tourmaline Queen mine (1972), Pala district, San Diego County, California, Jesse Fisher and Joan
Report (issue)
101:31(2)¹ Z = [4] X-ray Powder Pattern: Little Three mine, California, USA. 3.569 (100), 4.391 (80), 3.008 (80)...4.55 0.22 < 0.05 0.32 100.46 (1) Little Three mine, California, USA; by a combination of electron microprobe...A coating on other minerals on the °oor of a pegmatite pocket, hydrothermally deposited after rupture... topaz. From the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego Co., California, USA. Presumably for...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 166821. References: (1) Foord, E.E., R.F. Martin
Journal (issue)
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)
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019 USA * Corresponding author. ABSTRACT of Crystallization...cavities themselves in otherwise fresh and unaltered pegmatite of igneous origin . This study utilizes feldspar...across the massive portions of thin miarolitic pegmatite dikes. The average calculated temperature of closure...partially fills the miarolitic cavities . The pegmatite achieves thermal equilibrium with the host rocks...primary minerals as in the surrounding massive pegmatite, which are quartz and feldspars with accessory
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...Cahuilla Mountain and other major pegmatite districts in Southern California. Map by William W. Besse. Figure...Dike claim, Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County, California. Map by William W. Besse. Figure 9 (right)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pegmatite Minerals of the United States David M . Seaman American Museum of Natural History, N e w Y...often makes up the greater bulk of the mass of pegmatite material. Many masses are found in the cores in...Rock crystals occur at many localities. Some over three feet in length have been found at the Palermo Quarry...150 pounds in weight have been found at Pala, California. A fortyfour pound crystal nineteen inches in...quarry, Buckfield, Maine, together with others over three feet in length. Haddam Neck, Connecticut, and from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is from Leiper’s quarry at Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Peters 1984). When the spessartine...to 7 cm across occur near Middletown, Middlesex County, and massive spessartine and relatively small crystals...occur with rhodonite in ore of the Betts manganese mine at Plainfield, Massachusetts. Exceptional garnet...localities in Figure 2. A classic Avondale, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, spessartine specimen with a major...HUK [OL *PU JPUUH[P4PULYHS:VJPL[` Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Detailed work by Lindsley and Peters
 
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