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Rhodonite from
Gray Ledge Mine (Pink Darling Mine; Defense deposit; National Defense claim; Claim No. 1; King claim), Snowden, Liberty Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Rhodonite
Formula:CaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
Comments:Relict material.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gray Ledge Mine (Pink Darling Mine; Defense deposit; National Defense claim; Claim No. 1; King claim), Snowden, Liberty Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:334349
Long-form Identifier:1:3:334349:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodonite
8.3km (5.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed Mn occurrence [4], Sawyers Bar, Liberty Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
13.1km (8.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed Mn occurrence [1], Black Bear, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) ⓘMayland claim, Black Bear, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
55.1km (34.2 miles) ⓘSylvester prospect (Sylvester deposit), Williams Point, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
56.0km (34.8 miles) ⓘCrawford prospect, Grider Ridge, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
58.5km (36.3 miles) ⓘEverill prospects (Everill deposit), Granite Point, Klamath River Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
59.7km (37.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed Gemstone occurrence [4], Greens Bar placer, Happy Camp, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
63.8km (39.6 miles) ⓘSam Brown claim, Hoopa, Hoopa Indian Reservation, Klamath Mountains, Humboldt County, California, USA
69.9km (43.4 miles) ⓘThe Manganese and Rhodonite Mine (Rhodonite claim), Jackson Peak, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
73.1km (45.4 miles) ⓘHuey prospect (Huey deposit), Deadman Point, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
References
Trask, Parker Davies (1950) Geologic description of the manganese deposits of California. California Division of Mines Bulletin 152, 378 pp.: 271-280
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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