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Lepidolite from
Cota Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Lepidolite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Lepidolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cota Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:560919
Long-form Identifier:1:3:560919:2
GUID (UUID V4):d2b7a819-2257-4899-a842-5d39971ecb32
Nearest other occurrences of Lepidolite
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘPayne Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘMesa Grande Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘSan Diego Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘHimalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘTrail Mine, Mesa Grande, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘEsmeralda Mine, Mesa Grande, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
13.4km (8.3 miles) ⓘClark Extension prospect, Ditch Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) ⓘMaple Lode Mine (Maple claim), Aguanga Mountain, Oak Grove, Aguanga Mountain Mining District (Smith Mountain Mining District), San Diego County, California, USA
13.8km (8.6 miles) ⓘVictor Mine (Big Buck mine; Big Buck prospect), Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
14.6km (9.1 miles) ⓘMountain Lily Mine (Emeralite No. 2 claim; Gem Mine No. 1 claim; Ware mine), Aguanga Mountain, Oak Grove, Aguanga Mountain Mining District (Smith Mountain Mining District), San Diego County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... 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
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...Ramona in e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey...Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences
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
Book
GEOLOGY OF THE ELSINORE FAULT ZONE SAN ·DIEGO REGION ‱ , . San Diego Association of Geologists South... GEOLOGY OF THE ELSINORE FAULT ZONE SAN DIEGO REGION San Diego Association of Geologists South Coast...Elsinore Fault Zone San Diego Region Geology of the Elsinore Fault Zone. San Diego Region Copyright ©...© 2003 by the San Diego Association of Geologists (SDAG) and South Coast Geological Society (SCGS) Individual...and inquiries to: SDAG P.O. Box 1911 26 San Diego, California 92 159- 11 26 w. w. w.sandiegogeologists
Report (issue)
International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...render­ ing of elbaite crystals with lepidolite from the Golconda Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil by Eberhard...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♩ History ♩ Mineralogy ‱ Tourmaline...this crown was not a ruby, but a tourmaline. The gem in this crown is now the oldest known important tourmaline...until its early eighteenth century arrival on the gem mar­ kets of Amsterdam, that tourmaline gained notice
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...in e ra l fro m th e B e n ito ite G em M in e , San B e n ito C o u n ty, C a lif o r n ia ............lf Pabst, Jam es R. H in th o rn e Artinite fro m San B e n ito C o u n ty , C a lifo r n ia ............ike S y s te m , M e sa G ra n d e D is tric t, San D ie g o C o u n ty , C a lifo r n ia ..........
Book (volume)
colorful and fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana...contains all the basic information about the exciting gem resources of our continent. In careful, accurate...gemologists will find the latest and most accurate gem-identification data under each species. Finally,...unique and valuable reference by every collector, gem cutter, miner, geologist, mineralogist, jeweler,...up to the end of 1974. John Sinkankas San Diego, California July, 1975 JOHWSTUPAW.N19,901 Gene
Book (volume)
THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...Search of a Whale Wild Season Incident at Hawk’s Hill Wilderness Empire Johnny Logan The Wilderness...The Southwestern Quadrant Arizoni, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisicna, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...Mineral Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30 ana HOW TO USE...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...100-year history of the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County collection;...Benitoite Gem mine will note the portion of the story devoted to the 1935 visit to the mine by collecting...interest in science led him to the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (Michigan Tech) in Houghton, where
Book (edition)
interesting facts about the people involved in mining, current price lists of various stones, and numerous...unique and valuable reference by every collector, gem cutter, miner, geologist, mineralogist, jeweler,...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...information is included on the persons involved in mining the deposits, with dates and other pertinent information
Book
Areas and ©ircctoru Cn of American Mineral & Gem Collectors and Collections Together with a ©talers’...To the Millions of Enthusiastic Mineralogists and Gem Collectors the EWorld Over, I Salute You. Hugh Brown...volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...to travel extensively from Maine to Southern California, and from Washington’s Pacific Shores to Key...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co
Book
353-416 257-320 321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73
Book
notes and compressed on to the major sources gem materials. a colossal (Continued on amount back...Biblical Other The and and Beryl in Indian Gem Lore, Modern Europe Lapidaries, 24 Early Lapidaries...According 14. World Sources of Ore and to Gem Beryl Color, 327 Immersion Fluids for Afghanistan...intertwined with that of mankind. John Sinkankas San Diego, California October, XIV 1981 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... searches were encouraged University of California, important no and facilitated Scripps Institution
Book
long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted
Journal (issue)
Traveling New Mexico’s Turquoise Trail ROCK & GEM KIDS Articles and Puzzles PETRIFIED WOOD Seeing...their collections. This legrand­ite from the Ojuela mine (Mapimi, Durango) measures 5.6 cm high. (Jeff Scovil................. 38 A drive through New Mexico’s mining history by Steve Voynick The Mineral Legacy of...Tom Elias by Bob Jones regular columns Rock & Gem Kids........................................... 34...this reason, advertisements appearing in Rock & Gem should be considered as requests to inquire, rather
Book
The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission... CONTENTS ‱ Foreword lX Preface Xl Important Mining Districts 1 Discovery and Developments in Mexico...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in Mexico, which produce fine mineral... x I Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors. It is the hope
Journal (issue)
JEWELRY CRAFT - GEM CUTTING - MINERALS ., . ' II 0 Semi-finish hand made findings ‱‱‱ make your...ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90042 ,,. DEPT.109 □ 900 SOUTH ARROYO PARKWAY □ PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109 CARLSBAD...CARLSBAD STORE: 2961 STATE STREET, CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA GEMS & MINERALS - 1 October 1973 - No. 433 OFFICIAL...Secretary (CFMS) 380 Anna Marie Drive. Altadena. California 91002 Mrs. W. R. Anderson. Treasurer (RMFMS)...Copperton. Bingham Canyon. Utah 84006 ., The Leading GEM and MINERAL HOBBY Magazine Office: 1797 Capri Ave
Report (issue)
NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY E. J. Workman, President STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL..."-pioy"a Ohio, Anne Dimock, ot antilhtJt"g", Techand Mining summer field camp at ihe New ilIexico Instirute... Min. Eng. Bull.; Trans.-American Institute of Mining Engineers Bulletin; Transactions. New york city...city. superseded b! American rnstitute of Mining and Metallurgical Engin.".r, tgta. Am. Inst. Min. Met... pub.; Trans.; Yearbook-American rnstitute of Mining-and Metallurgical Engineers Bulletin; contribution;
Book
because they are unlucky. That is all because when gem-cutters first began to chip the stones into new and...and Desert Gem eh Isles of Riches 168 Shah Jahan’s Peacock Throne 182 The Mother Gem of Manta 192...Crystalline Mountains 208 Samotsveti for Luck 226 The Hill of Precious Stones The Fearless Stone ee Treasure...pebble. Several nations were literally built upon the gem trade, for in years past when people were less content...jewels, the demand was greater than the supply. Most gem discoveries have been made by simple people attracted
Journal (issue)
Banka 29 Billiton 34 Bolivia 36 Burmah 45 California 48 Canada Cape Colony Carolina, North and South...IV. Metallurgy and Chemistry V. Mineralogy VI. Mining and Milling 187 II. ^ * 226 234 VII. Statistics... dikes, or placers of a particular country or district, and in the arrangement of this bibliography the...handling, and re" " and of tin ores are placed under Mining and Milling duction " Metallurgy." The lists given... Metallurgy and Chemistry; V, Mineralogy; VI, Mining and Milling; VII, Statistics. It is thought that
Thesis/Dissertation
source of economic development in Bolivia where the mining industry’s main focus is on metalliferous deposits...This thesis aims to show the industrial mineral mining potential of La Paz and Bolivia as a whole. Bolivia’s...Bolivian Regions”, a competitive project between the San AndrĂ©s University of La Paz (UMSA) and LuleĂ„ University...and Environmental Research (IGEMA), both from the San AndrĂ©s University in La Paz, are acknowledged for...Cooperation Agency (SIDA) - Universidad Mayor de San AndrĂ©s (UMSA).The Non-Metallic Minerals Project has
Book
Ohio State University McGraw-Hill Book Company New York St. Louis San Francisco Toronto London Sydney...Industrial Mineral Deposits Copyright© 1966 by McGraw-Hill, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United...21. 22. 23. Index Contents Diamond and Other Gem and Abrasive Minerals Some interesting gems. Dia111ond...the gold and silver. The discovery of gold in California was of great importance in bringing about industrial...lso in Canada and Australia. The gold rush to California that started in 1848 brought in people from various
Book (edition)
Sharon Cisneros: Minerological Research Co., San Jose, California. Andrew M. Clark: Dept. of Mineralogy, Natural...Currier: Jewel Tunnel Imports, Baldwin Park, California. Stanley Dyl: Seaman Mineralogical Museum, Michigan...Canada. Richard C. Erd: U.S.G.S., Menlo Park, California. Howard T. Evans: U.S.G.S., Reston, Virginia...Claren N. (‘‘Si’’) and Ann Frazier: Berkeley, California. Carl Francis: Mineralogical Museum, Harvard...Paris, France. Legrand A. Gould: Pebble Beach, California. George E. Harlow: Dept. of Min. Sci., American
Report (issue)
gold at the Jewel and other mines in the Greenwood Mining Division (R. Bell , 1902-3: Geo l. Surv. Can ....masses and crysta l s in vugs at the Highland Bell Mine , Wallace Mountain , n ear Beaverdell , 23 miles...3 Argentite has b een found at the Silver King Mine , Toad Mountain, about 5 miles south of Nelson (G...Surv . Can ., Ann. Rept. , IX, 27A). At the Slocan mining camp , argentite is present as a primary min eral...supergene mineral replacing galena at the Hewitt Mine, and as films associ ated w ith nativ e silver coating
Book
by Firefly Books Ltd 66 Leek Crescent Richmond Hill, Ontario Illustrator: James L4B McKinnon, 1H1... Simple pebbles on a beach in Puget Sound, Washington, USA, tell a story. The product of different volcanoes...laid down sea during have been time. In Valley, USA, that were beneath the an earlier era uplifted and...kgs uenecle Meet ial eCni cor _ Odessa Crater, USA. TAMU ter te mel feel ee eae ried to the surface...by volcanic eruptions. mom ee LU ON eee erce Cota INSIDE EARTH Beta aurea eae Uae rg can be studied
 
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