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Tourmaline from
Butterfly prospect, Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Butterfly prospect, Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:514615
Long-form Identifier:1:3:514615:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘLittle Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘLittle Chief prospects, Little Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘMargarita Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘOlla prospect, Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘJackpot Tunnel prospect (Butterfly prospect), Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘRedwing prospects (Redlands prospects; Redwings prospects), Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘChief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘPala Chief Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) ⓘChief Extension prospects, Pala Chief Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘDouglass Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
References
p. 14.
Jahns, Richard H., Wright, Lauren A. (1951) Gem- and Lithium-Bearing Pegmatites of the Pala District, San Diego County, California. Special Report 7-A. Mineralogical Society of Southern California 72 pp.
 
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