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Spessartine from
Yukon Jake Mike (Teaford prospect; Stewart & Nuss prospect), Coarsegold, Coarsegold Mining District, Madera County, California, USA


Classification
Species:Spessartine
Formula:Mn32+Al2(SiO4)3
Comments:Fairly large dodecahedral crystals.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Rhodonite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spessartine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yukon Jake Mike (Teaford prospect; Stewart & Nuss prospect), Coarsegold, Coarsegold Mining District, Madera County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:328385
Long-form Identifier:1:3:328385:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Spessartine
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘKrohn prospect, Potter Ridge Mining District, Coarsegold Mining District, Madera County, California, USA
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘHazelton and Kennedy claim, Hildreth, Hildreth Mining District, Madera County, California, USA
44.7km (27.8 miles) ⓘHarper prospect (Harper claim), Watts Valley, Fresno County, California, USA
56.7km (35.2 miles) ⓘSurprise claim (Surprise claims; M-Q prospect), Quartz Mountain [1], East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
65.6km (40.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed Mn-Asbestos-Zeolite occurrence (1), Shadow Lake, Minarets Mining District (Mountain Mining District; Raymond Mining District; Minaret Mining District), Ritter Range, Madera County, California, USA
75.4km (46.8 miles) ⓘWonder deposit, Groveland, Big Oak Flat Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
82.3km (51.1 miles) ⓘPine Creek Mine, Scheelite, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
94.3km (58.6 miles) ⓘWest deposit (West prospect), Tuolumne, Soulsbyville & Confidence Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
References
Trask, Parker Davies (1950) Geologic description of the manganese deposits of California. California Division of Mines Bulletin 152, 378 pp.: 103-105
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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