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Wollastonite from
Major Mine (Sweet Marie; Rand group; June Ione), Alta Sierra, Greenhorn District (Greenhorn Mountains District), Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Wollastonite
Formula:Ca3(Si3O9)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wollastonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Major Mine (Sweet Marie; Rand group; June Ione), Alta Sierra, Greenhorn District (Greenhorn Mountains District), Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:327744
Long-form Identifier:1:3:327744:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Wollastonite
20.2km (12.5 miles) ⓘTyler Creek Mine (Western Exploration; National Tungsten; Verne Tyler; Bull Point), California Hot Springs, Tulare County, California, USA
24.7km (15.3 miles) ⓘTungsten Hill group, Havilah, Clear Creek Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
68.0km (42.3 miles) ⓘPioneer Mine (Goodhope Mine; Good Hope), Grouse Peak, Tulare County, California, USA
69.3km (43.1 miles) ⓘVan Gordon Creek Prospect, Dumtah, Tulare County, California, USA
72.9km (45.3 miles) ⓘBaumann prospect (Bauman Ranch), Dumtah, Tulare County, California, USA
80.7km (50.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed Wollastonite-Vesuvianite occurrence [1], Three Rivers, Tulare County, California, USA
80.8km (50.2 miles) ⓘCode Siding deposit (Wollastonite No. 1; Rademacher), Ridgecrest (Crumville), Rademacher Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
84.4km (52.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed Wollastonite occurrence [1], Ridgecrest (Crumville), Rademacher Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
94.4km (58.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Wollastonite occurrence [3], Advance, Tulare County, California, USA
97.6km (60.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Wollastonite occurrence [1], Ellis Mountain, Tulare County, California, USA
References
Hess, Frank L. & Esper S. Larsen (1922), Contact-metamorphic tungsten deposits of the United States: USGS Bulletin 725: 263.
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
 
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