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Magnetite from
Chaparral Hills deposits, Clipper Mills, Clipper Mills Mining District, Butte County, California, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chaparral Hills deposits, Clipper Mills, Clipper Mills Mining District, Butte County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1003605
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1003605:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
23.9km (14.8 miles) ⓘRed Ledge Mine (Bank Mining Company), Mack House, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
24.2km (15.0 miles) ⓘSan Juan Mine (San Juan Ridge Mine), North Columbia, North Columbia Mining District (Columbia Hill Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘFrench Corral Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
28.1km (17.4 miles) ⓘNorth Bloomfield Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
29.5km (18.4 miles) ⓘMoores Flat Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
30.5km (18.9 miles) ⓘBlue Tent Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘManzanita Placer Mine (Manzanita Mining Co. property), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
32.3km (20.0 miles) ⓘRelief Hill (Relief; Relief Hill Blue Lead; Morning Star; IXCL), Relief, North Bloomfield Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
36.6km (22.8 miles) ⓘCrown Point Consolidated Quartz Mine (Crown Point Mine; Crown Point Con. Qtz.; Confidence; Wm Penn; William Penn), Empire Star group (Empire Star Mines Company holdings), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
37.4km (23.2 miles) ⓘGrass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
References
Browne, J.R. (1869), Report of J. Ross Browne on the mineral resources of the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains (US Treasury Dept.), 674 pp., H.H. Bancroft and Co., San Francisco [reprint of 2]: 224
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 250.
 
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