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Rhodonite from
Sunnyside Mine group, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Rhodonite
Formula:CaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
Comments:The Mineralogy of Colorado (1997) unequivocally states that all of the rhodonite from this location and tested by modern methods is pyroxmangite.
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sunnyside Mine group, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:437217
Long-form Identifier:1:3:437217:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodonite
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘGeorge Washington Occurrence, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘBen Franklin Mine, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘSunnyside Extension Mine (Gold Prince Mine), Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) ⓘSilver Queen Occurrence, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘSound Democrat, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘBonanza, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘAdams Mine (Adams Tunnel Mine), Cement Creek, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘScotia Occurrence, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘSan Juan Queen, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘAlaska Mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
References
Ransome, Frederick Leslie (1901) A report on the economic geology of the Silverton quadrangle, Colorado. Bulletin 182. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b182
Burbank, W. S. (1933): The manganese minerals of the Sunnyside veins, Eureka Gulch, Colorado. American Mineralogist 18, 513-527.
Eckel, Edwin Butt; Cobban, Robert R.; Mosburg, Shirley K.; Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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