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Diamond from
Plymouth, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA


Classification
Species:Diamond
Formula:C
Comments:Stone of 2.65 carets with some crystal faces found in 1934.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diamond data
Locality Data:Click here to view Plymouth, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:645828
Long-form Identifier:1:3:645828:7
GUID (UUID V4):a93cba5e-d49f-42ec-8adc-c548df3cad9d
Nearest other occurrences of Diamond
8.7km (5.4 miles) Indian Gulch occurrence, Fiddletown (Oleta), Fiddletown Mining District (Oleta Mining District), Amador County, California, USA
12.5km (7.8 miles) Rancheria Placer Mine, Rancheria, Volcano, Volcano Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
19.7km (12.2 miles) Jackass Gulch, Volcano, Volcano Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
19.7km (12.3 miles) Unknown diamond occurrence [1], Volcano, Volcano Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
29.2km (18.1 miles) Unknown Diamond occurrence [4], Smithflat, Placerville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
96.8km (60.2 miles) French Corral placers (French Corral Diggings), French Corral, French Corral Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
References
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Field Trip Notes
Q E S5 W63 1994 EART ROADSIDE GEOLOGY AND MINING HISTORY OF THE MOTHER LODE 1994 Gregg Wilkerson...| LIBRARY UNIVERSITY or California … • * * ** ROADSIDE GEOLOGY AND MINING HISTORY º OF THE MOTHER...Field Trip Program Mother Lode '94 Bakersfield District Office Bureau of Land Managmement 3801 Pegasus...52 Mokelumne Hill to Plymouth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Plymouth to Placerville . . ..... . . 14 TV QFºo 5-M/43 ROADSIDE GEOLOGY AND MINING HISTORY OF THE MOTHER |*4 EART LODE Gregg Wilkerson
Report (issue)
DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 193 California Division of Mines and Geology Sacramento, California, 1970...By William B. DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA Clark Geologist, California Division of Mines & Geology...Geology, Sacramento, California UNIVERSITY LIBRARY U.C DAVIS '~'^ JUL 'I 'i GOV INFO or"! BULLETIN 193...and gold mining of publications have no single report or to the gold deposits in California. Although...Although on treatise a vast California, there in of the knov/n gold-bearing districts in the state.
Report (issue)
Economic Geologists Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California February, 1984 Open-File Report 84-169 This...Menlo Park, California 2 California Division of Mines and Geology, Sacramento, California INTRODUCTION...California's past gold production. Although gold mining decreased greatly in the years during and following...extractive techniques have rekindled interest in mining this metal in the State. In addition to production...been taken from the Grass Valley-Nevada City lode district and from Tertiary river channels and Quaternary
Book
Box Six Sausalito, • California __.I IN BOX SIX SAUSALITO CALIFORNIA s__J ... The late nineteenth...nineteenth century saw a diamond rush to South Africa comparable in size., intensity, and drama to the...the Gold Rush of California. People the world over were reinfected by mining fever, Including many Californians...home, to hunt in their own back yards. Here in California, though no paying mine was discovered, a considerable...the turn of the century. In 1906, the U.S. Diamond Mining Company was organized to explore what was thought
Book (edition)
YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...Arkansas..........Dr. A. H. Purdue, Nashville, Tenn. California........Mr. William H. Storms, San Francisco....Minneapolis. Mississippi.......Prof. E. N. Lowe, Jackson. Missouri..........Dr. H. A. Buehler, Rolla. Nebraska
Report (volume)
............................................ California....................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Events February 8—Plymouth, Michigan. 11th A n n u a l Show sponsored by the Plymouth Rock and Mineral...Mineral Society. Plymouth Cultural Center, 525 Farmer, Plymouth, Michigan. N O T I C E T O C L U B S — L i...Mississippi 39071; 601/879-8832. January 17, 18—Exeter, California. " G E M B O R E E ' 8 7 " sponsored by the Tule...Chairman: Dick Scott, 258 W . G a i l , Tulare, California 93274. January 17, 18—Orlando, Florida. Gem and...601/879-8832. February 15—Plymouth, Michigan. Open House and Show sponsored by the Plymouth Rock and Mineral Society
Book (edition)
10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite 9. 5. Apatite B). interesting to note that diamond, It...OF PROMINENT MINERALS BERYL CHIASTOLITE a\ DIAMOND CRYSTALS DIOPSIDE EMERALD KYANITE LAZULITE...resinous, pearly, greasy, silky or, as in the diamond, adamantine (hard and brilliant). The and ability...according to their chemical elements such as diamond (carbon), oxides such as corundum (aluminum oxide)... crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are famous for Lava known
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
Book (edition)
Where to Find Them Nugget By of JAMES Gold - California. ORTON, A. PHILADELPHIA: Henry Carey Baird...for Tell Pyrites from Gold, and Quartz from Diamond — All the and Color, to Hardness Useful Minerals...Copper Glance — Copper Nickel — Copper Pyrites — Diamond — EmFluor ery Spar — Franklinite Galena — Garnet...Silver Statistics . . . 134 of Silver VIII. California, . CHAPTER Discovery 114 in Inscribed TO...STATES Commissioner of Mining Statistics; EDITOR ENGINEERING AND OF THE MINING AUTHOR JOURNAL; OF
Book (edition)
Key—How to Tell Pyrites from Gold, and Quartz from Diamond—All the Useful Minerals Grouped According to Hardness...Pyrites—Copper—Copper Glance—Copper Nickel—Copper Pyrites—Diamond—Em¬ ery— Fluor Spar— Franklinite—Galena — Garnet...Stones, 114 CHAPTER VIII. Discovery of Gold in California,. CHAPTER IX. Discovery of Silver in Nevada...STATES Commissioner of Mining Statistics; EDITOR OF THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL; AUTHOR OF ...FAC-SIMILE OF-NUGGET OF GOLD, (California,).Illuminated Title Page. PROSPECTING DIAMOND DRILL,.4o WASHING AURIFEROUS
Report (issue)
M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN N«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE...Stephens, Governor of the State of California, Sacramento, California Sir: I have the honor to transmit...upon the minerals of California. This bulletin records our knowledge of California minerals to date,
Journal (volume)
A STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES v CALIFORNIA IOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY ...Fiscal Year, July 1, 1952, to June 30, 1953..- California Mineral Commodities in 1951 Mines and Mineral...FRANCISC6 CALIFORNIA*- DAVIS California 149 California OF MlNE&siTY of AV,S RY I ( 59 Amador County...County, IRY BUILDING, 9 LIBRARY STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT. Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...11 1954 CALIFORNIA IOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY Price $1.00 No. 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN
Book
Fossil-Belemnite Soil-Greenwich Loam Series 29 30 31 * District of Columbia Dinosaur-Capitalsaurus fo, Fossil-Petrified...Fossil-Petrified Wood * Arkansas Gem-Diamond * Florida Gem-Moonstone Stone-Agatized Coral Mineral-Quartz...Rock-Bauxite Soil-Stuttgart Series * Georgia * California Mineral-Gold Mineral-Staurolite Fossil-Shark...Rock-Roxbury Puddingstone Conglomerate Historical Rock-Plymouth Rock Explorer Rock-Dighton Rock Building & Monument...world’s largest consumer of red iron ore. Iron ore mining ceased in Alabama in 1975 due to less costly imports
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cations on geology, mineralogy, mining, mill­ ing, prospecting, and world mining history. $2 for catalogs.... Specify areas of interest: general, California, Nevada, Northwest, Utah, Mon­ tana, Wyoming, Arizona...Inquiries/ visits recommended. MALICK'S FOSSILS, 5514 Plymouth Road, Baltimore, MD 21214; 301/426-2969. FOSSILS:...free list, write to: B L A I N E R E E D , 907 County Rd. 207 #17, Durango, CO 81301. METEORITES—RARE...shipped in sturdy c a r d b o a r d tubes. • JOE DIAMOND MINERALS IAPDARY 1 Year $22 (12 Issues. Save
Report (issue)
Minerals of California By ARTHUR S. EAKLE, MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau...Hon Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of the State of California. Sir: I have the honor to transmit Bureau...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this date...Bureau. and Mineralogy of the University of California, with this Eakle has given freely of his time...Minerals Distribution by Counties Bibliography on California Minerals Index to Minerals — 197 204 210 220
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Illinois. 21st Annual Show sponsored by L a k e County Gem and Mineral Society. Gurnee Holiday I n n 6161...Mineral and G e m Show sponsored by the Rockland County Mineral and G e m Society, Inc. South Orangetown...Nanuet, New Y o r k 10954. November 1, 2—Covina, California. "Wonders of Nature," the 17th annual show, presented...Covina, California. Chairman: Alice J u r y , 15428 E . Moccasin Street, L a Puente, California 91844....Arizona 85040. November 22-23—San Francisco, California. Gem Trade Show sponsored by G e m and L a p
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almost identical to specimens from Tintic, Utah, USA As Kingsbury is known not to have collected, or retained...turned his attention to the area in the North Lake District, around the Caldbeck Fells. At that time, the...collection undoubtedly originated from Pinal County, Arizona, USA Result Eight specimens from the Kingsbury...'Stone Chaf which is circulated as far afield as the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand The next meetings...to visit West Runton elephant bones. Bristol & District Lapidary and Mineral Society is a society that
Journal (issue)
15 Manganese Nodules and the CIA’s Deep Ocean Mining Venture ....................... 16 Drop of Water...war’s end in 1945. I was living in Los Angeles, California in an area called Highland Park, about seven... this was before the use of diamond for grinding and polishing. Diamond was only used in the saw blades...cabochon. The next step, he took me to a small diamond trim saw and helped me cut the cabochon out of...the Calico Mountains near the town of Barstow, California, for two days—Saturday and Sunday. They mentioned
Book (edition)
How and Where to Find Them. Nugget of Gold-California. PHILADELPHIA: Henry Carey Baird 810 Walnut...to a Tell Pyrites from Gold, and Quartz from Diamond — All the to Hardness and Color, Useful Minerals...Cobalt Pyrites — Copper — Copper — Copper Pyrites — Diamond — Em- Nickel Spar — Franklinite Graphite— Gray...Stones, CHAPTER Discovery of Gold in VIII. California, . . . . . 127 CHAPTER Discovery Gold of and... Commissioner of Mining EDITOR ENGINEERING AND OF Statistics; THE MINING AUTHOR JOURNAL;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EVENTS February 6, 7, 8, 9, 1974—Plymouth Meeting, Pa. Plymouth Meeting Mall Gem & Mineral Show, Germantown...Germantown Pike, Exit #25, Pa. Turnpike, Plymouth Meeting, Pa. Show Chairman: Mrs. Gerry Varady, 17 Ridge...town. Chairman: Paul T. Whitsett, P.O. Box 844, Jackson, Missi. 39205 Feb. 23, 24, 1974—L. I . Mineral...presents their 27th annual show as part of the California Midwinter Fair at Imperial, Calif. Show Chairman:...tures, Displays. March 16, 1974—The Pendleton District Gem and Mineral Society will hold its annual show
Book (volume)
Northwest States VOLUME 2 Alaska Idaho Arizona California Colorado lowa Minnesota Montana Hawaii Kansas...VOLUME 4 Northeast States Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maine...guidance, assistance, and patience. To Mrs. Betty Jackson for, in her own way, telling Kathy to write the...Safety Precautions ........0.0... 0000 cece sees Mining Techniques - serena cere one ee Notes on Gem Faceting...America. Others, like the tourmalines of Maine and California, rival specimens found in better-known locations
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II, J A N U A R Y JANUARY 11950 950 THE MINING MINING AND HEAT TREATMENT OF ZIRCONS OF ZIRCONS by... INDO - SIAM CHINA (.HAMPASAK OlsrRICT KHA DISTRICT GULF SOUTH OF CHINA SEA SIAM Fig. Fig. I...semi-finished semi-finished stones marked with the district of origin, and, in two cases, with the names of...note any variation between specimens from each district. The sketch map (Fig. 1) showing the southern...being the chief chief source of zircon, the Kha district is of particular interest because it is the only
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Campus, Penryn, TR10 9FE (student) 1 Selected diamond drill core samples from the Redmoor Sheeted Vein...5GG This study combines historic geological and mining date, GIS mapping, fieldwork and sample analysis...those observed during fieldwork and in historical mining records [4,5,6]. A preliminary croscourse classification...Cornwall 14 [6] Dines HG (1956) The metalliferous mining region of southwest England (Vol. 1). HM Stationary...TR10 9FE 2 University of Plymouth, United Kingdom, Drakes Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK The Late Devonian
 
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