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Champion Mine (White Mountain Mine; Jeffrey Mine; Diaspore; Vulcanus; Black Eagle; Champion Sillimanite Mine; Champion Andalusite Mine; Vulcanite Mine; Vulcanite & Vulcanus No. 156; Black Eagle & Vulcanus Nos. 8 and 9 No. 157), White Mountain Peak, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA

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Topaz, etc.

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA
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Topaz, etc.

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA
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Topaz, etc.

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Topaz
Formula:Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Comments:Occurs as small amounts of granular material in andalusite.
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Jeffery, Joseph Arthur & Charles D. Woodhouse (1931), Note on a deposit of andalusite in Mono County, California: its occurrence and technical importance: California Mining Bureau. Report 27: 459-464; Kerr, Paul Francis (1932), Occurrence of andalusite and related minerals at White Mountain, California: Economic Geology: 27: 620; 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; Wise, W. S. (1977): Mineralogy of the Champion mine White Mountains, California. Mineralogical Record 8, 480; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 454.
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Andalusite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hydroxylapatiteⓘ1 photo of Topaz associated with Hydroxylapatite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ1 photo of Topaz associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Topaz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Champion Mine (White Mountain Mine; Jeffrey Mine; Diaspore; Vulcanus; Black Eagle; Champion Sillimanite Mine; Champion Andalusite Mine; Vulcanite Mine; Vulcanite & Vulcanus No. 156; Black Eagle & Vulcanus Nos. 8 and 9 No. 157), White Mountain Peak, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA
 
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