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Granite from
Swanson Granite Quarries, Cougar Buttes, Lucerne Valley, Lucerne Valley Limestone District, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Type:Granite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Granite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Swanson Granite Quarries, Cougar Buttes, Lucerne Valley, Lucerne Valley Limestone District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1033000
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1033000:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Granite
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘTexas Granite Quarries, Cougar Buttes, Lucerne Valley, Lucerne Valley Limestone District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘSanta Fe Mines (Black Hawk; Santa Fe; Lady Alice; Cliff; Lookout and Opera; Arlington; Calumet; Calle De Oro; Hecla), Silver Peak [1], Blackhawk District (Silver Reef District), San Bernardino County, California, USA
19.0km (11.8 miles) ⓘPure Quill Mine (Pure Quill deposit; Gold Bar Tungsten; Quill Mine), West Ord Mountain, Ord Mountains, Ord Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
23.0km (14.3 miles) ⓘEvanna Mine, North Peak, White Mountain, Bear Valley District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
23.7km (14.8 miles) ⓘDoulch No. 1 Mine, North Peak, White Mountain, Bear Valley District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘBalanced Rock Mine, Rattlesnake Mountain (Rattlesnake Peak), Belleville Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
31.0km (19.3 miles) ⓘBessemer Iron Mine No. 1, Bessemer Mines, Iron Ridge, Lava Beds District (Newberry District), Lava Bed Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
32.9km (20.4 miles) ⓘAntelope Mine (Antelope Tungsten Mine), Heartbreak Ridge, Baldwin Lake District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
33.0km (20.5 miles) ⓘJohnson Granite Quarry, Stoddard Mountain, Rodman Mountains, Belleville Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
34.2km (21.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au-Ag occurrence [104], Argos Mountain, Lava Beds District (Newberry District), Lava Bed Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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