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Rhodonite from
Bear Canyon Mine, Clipper Mills, Clipper Mills Mining District, Butte County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Rhodonite
Formula:CaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
Comments:The primary Mn ore here.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bear Canyon Mine, Clipper Mills, Clipper Mills Mining District, Butte County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:322651
Long-form Identifier:1:3:322651:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodonite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘBinet prospect, Clipper Mills, Clipper Mills Mining District, Butte County, California, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘClemens deposit (Clemens claim), Challenge, Forbestown Mining District, Yuba County, California, USA
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘPaine Brothers Mine (Paine Bros; Paine Brs.; Paine), Lake City, North Bloomfield Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
39.5km (24.5 miles) ⓘDiadem lode deposit (Diadon lode; Sierra Manganese deposit), Mumford Hill, Edmanton, Meadow Valley, Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District), Plumas County, California, USA
40.3km (25.0 miles) ⓘPenrose lode, Mumford Hill, Edmanton, Meadow Valley, Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District), Plumas County, California, USA
47.9km (29.7 miles) ⓘBlack Ledge occurrence, You Bet (Chalk Bluffs), You Bet Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
48.1km (29.9 miles) ⓘRyan prospect (Ryan Bartholf & Veach; You Bet; Midway claim; Negro Heaven claim; Bluebird claim), You Bet (Chalk Bluffs), You Bet Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
53.2km (33.0 miles) ⓘRush Creek, Virgilia, Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District), Plumas County, California, USA
54.2km (33.7 miles) ⓘManga-Chrome Mine (Manga Chrome; Magna-Chrome Mine; Duggan Mine; Steams and Owens [?]), Limekiln, Spenceville Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
56.5km (35.1 miles) ⓘSmith prospect, Limekiln, Spenceville Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
References
Trask, Parker Davies (1950) Geologic description of the manganese deposits of California. California Division of Mines Bulletin 152, 378 pp.: 35
Hewett, Donnel Foster, Chesterman, Charles Wesley, Troxel, Bennie Wyatt (1961) Tephroite in California manganese deposits. Economic Geology, 56 (1). 39-58 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.56.1.39
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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