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Magnetite from
Vulcan Mine (Morning Star Consolidated; Yosemite Mine; Vulcan Copper Co.; Volcan Copper Company Iron deposits), Iron Mountain (1), Madera County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
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 Vulcan Mine (Morning Star Consolidated; Yosemite Mine; Vulcan Copper Co.; Volcan Copper Company Iron deposits), Iron Mountain (1), Madera County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:328371
Long-form Identifier:1:3:328371:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘMorning Star Consolidated prospect (Vulcan Copper Company), Mount Raymond (Raymond Mountain), Madera County, California, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘHart Iron deposit (Hart deposit; Minerals Materials Company), White Chief Mountain, Madera County, California, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘStar Mine, Mount Raymond (Raymond Mountain), Madera County, California, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘBiladeau Mine (Bradford; Bradford and Smith; Biladeau; Mount Raymond Lead-Zinc property; Star), Mount Raymond (Raymond Mountain), Madera County, California, USA
19.1km (11.9 miles) ⓘStrawberry Mine (Strawberry Tungsten Mine; Strawberry-Macdougald Tungsten; Strawberry Tungsten deposits), Timber Knob, Madera County, California, USA
31.1km (19.3 miles) ⓘIron Mountain group (Minarets Iron deposit; Woods Iron Mine claims; Minarets Magnetite prospect; Iron Mountain Magnetite deposit; Iron Mountain prospects; Magnetic Iron Mine claim), Iron Mountain (3), Minarets Mining District (Mountain Mining District; Raymond Mining District; Minaret Mining District), Ritter Range, Madera County, California, USA
36.4km (22.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Fe-Cu deposit [1], Bootjack, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
39.6km (24.6 miles) ⓘTwin Lakes Limestone deposit, Kaiser Wilderness area, Fresno County, California, USA
40.2km (25.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed Skarn occurrence [1], Kaiser Wilderness area, Fresno County, California, USA
42.0km (26.1 miles) ⓘAgnew Meadow Mine (Agnew Meadow Manganese prospect/deposit; Mammoth Lakes), Olaine Lake, Agnew Meadows, Madera County, California, USA
References
Logan, Clarence August (1950), Mines and mineral resources of Madera County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 46: 445-482
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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