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Rhodonite from
Buckeye Mine (Buckeye Mines; Wright Mine), Mount Oso, Ladd-Buckeye Mining District, Stanislaus 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 Buckeye Mine (Buckeye Mines; Wright Mine), Mount Oso, Ladd-Buckeye Mining District, Stanislaus County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:334841
Long-form Identifier:1:3:334841:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodonite
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘBlack Wonder section 28 group (Triple Jump claim; Black Eagle; may be: Cottonwood claims; Cottonwood deposit), Black Mountain, Black Wonder Mining District, Santa Clara County, California, USA
21.5km (13.4 miles) ⓘCorral Hollow Manganese deposits, Corral Hollow, Mendenhall Springs, Livermore Mining District (Tesla District), Alameda County, California, USA
23.0km (14.3 miles) ⓘPennsylvania Mine, Sugarloaf Mountain, Black Wonder Mining District, Santa Clara County, California, USA
23.1km (14.3 miles) ⓘAlameda Company No. 39 prospect (Alameda County #39), Mendenhall Springs, Livermore Mining District (Tesla District), Alameda County, California, USA
75.8km (47.1 miles) ⓘCallahan prospect (Callahan deposit), Telegraph City, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
78.5km (48.8 miles) ⓘDaniels Dennis prospect (Daniels deposit), Lost City, West Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
84.4km (52.4 miles) ⓘGorham prospect (Gorham deposit), Lightner Peak, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
96.1km (59.7 miles) ⓘHughes Mine (Hughes property), Domingo Peak, Jacksonville Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
97.8km (60.7 miles) ⓘAirola Mine (Airola deposit), Angels Camp area, Calaveras County, California, USA
99.1km (61.6 miles) ⓘRobie prospect (Robie property; Miles), Granite Springs, Granite Springs Mining District, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
References
Trask, Parker Davies (1950) Geologic description of the manganese deposits of California. California Division of Mines Bulletin 152, 378 pp.: 217-218, 287-288
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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