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Rhodonite from
Paine Brothers Mine (Paine Bros; Paine Brs.; Paine), Lake City, North Bloomfield Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Rhodonite
Formula:CaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Paine Brothers Mine (Paine Bros; Paine Brs.; Paine), Lake City, North Bloomfield Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:330371
Long-form Identifier:1:3:330371:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodonite
19.0km (11.8 miles) ⓘBlack Ledge occurrence, You Bet (Chalk Bluffs), You Bet Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
19.3km (12.0 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
26.3km (16.3 miles) ⓘClemens deposit (Clemens claim), Challenge, Forbestown Mining District, Yuba County, California, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) ⓘBinet prospect, Clipper Mills, Clipper Mills Mining District, Butte County, California, USA
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘBear Canyon Mine, Clipper Mills, Clipper Mills Mining District, Butte County, California, USA
32.9km (20.4 miles) ⓘGold Hill Mine (Crown Point Mine), Yankee Jims, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
33.0km (20.5 miles) ⓘManga-Chrome Mine (Manga Chrome; Magna-Chrome Mine; Duggan Mine; Steams and Owens [?]), Limekiln, Spenceville Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
33.2km (20.6 miles) ⓘRandel claim No. 1 (American; Tilsley and Coplen claim; Tilsey & Coplen group [of WWI]), Yankee Jims, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
34.6km (21.5 miles) ⓘSmith prospect, Limekiln, Spenceville Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
36.9km (22.9 miles) ⓘForesthill, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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