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Andalusite from
Unnamed Andalusite occurrence [1], Three Buttes (Tres Cerritos), Hornitos Mining District, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Andalusite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Andalusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed Andalusite occurrence [1], Three Buttes (Tres Cerritos), Hornitos Mining District, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:329109
Long-form Identifier:1:3:329109:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Andalusite
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘPocohontas Mine, Copper Hill, Green Mountain Mining District (Ben Hur Mining District), Mariposa County, California, USA
26.7km (16.6 miles) ⓘGood View Mine (Goodview Mine; Copper King claim; Copper King and M. S. Mine; Little Giant claim; Stonewall Jackson claim; Crown Point claim; San Jose claim; Rothschild claim; S. A. claim; Sunset claim), Green Mountain, Green Mountain Mining District (Ben Hur Mining District), Mariposa County, California, USA
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘI X L claim (I.X.L. claim), Ahwahnee, Madera County, California, USA
37.1km (23.1 miles) ⓘMount Buckingham group (Crown Point; Vanderbilt; Sunset III), Mariposa, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
41.6km (25.8 miles) ⓘNe Plus Ultra Mine (Daulton Copper Mine; Dalton Mine; Daulton Copper deposit; California Copper Co.), Daulton group, Daulton, Daulton Mining District, Madera County, California, USA
73.5km (45.6 miles) ⓘNorth Keystone Mine (Keystone Mine), Copperopolis Mines (Copperopolis group), Copperopolis, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
76.6km (47.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Andalusite occurrence [1], Sparkville, Fresno County, California, USA
82.5km (51.2 miles) ⓘMay Lake, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, USA
88.6km (55.1 miles) ⓘWinchester Mine, Green Mountain, Big Dry Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
93.0km (57.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed Mica-Andalusite occurrence (1), Bench Creek (Bench Canyon) - North Fork San Joaquin River confluence area, Ritter Range, Madera County, California, USA
References
Bowen, O.E., Jr. & C.H. Gray, Jr. (1957), Mines and mineral deposits of Mariposa County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 53(1&2): 202
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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