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Magnetite from
Ball Iron deposits (Ball Mine; Ball Magnesite deposit; Ball; Red Seal), Sidewinder Mountain, Rodman Mountains, Belleville Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Comments:Occurs a group of small bodies enclosed in dolomite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ball Iron deposits (Ball Mine; Ball Magnesite deposit; Ball; Red Seal), Sidewinder Mountain, Rodman Mountains, Belleville Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:648591
Long-form Identifier:1:3:648591:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘStoddard Wells Black Jade locality (Victorville Black Jade locality; Sidewinder Mountains Black Jade locality), Stoddard Mountain, Rodman Mountains, Belleville Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
11.5km (7.1 miles) ⓘAltuda Mine (Globerson Mine), Stoddard Mountain, Rodman Mountains, Belleville Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
26.3km (16.4 miles) ⓘOrd Mountain Iron prospect (Newberry Mountains Mine; Newberry Mtns Mine; Ord Mountain Mine; Unnamed deposit), Ord Mountain, Ord Mountains, Ord Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
36.9km (22.9 miles) ⓘDesert View Mine, Fawnskin (Grout), Bear Valley District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
45.8km (28.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed Fe occurrence [17] (Iron occurrence; Unnamed prospect), Iron Ridge, Lava Beds District (Newberry District), Lava Bed Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
47.6km (29.6 miles) ⓘEbony Iron deposit (Lava Bed deposit; Ebony), Iron Ridge, Lava Beds District (Newberry District), Lava Bed Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
47.7km (29.6 miles) ⓘBessemer Mine (Iron Mountain Mine; Bessemer and Western Mine), Bessemer Mines, Iron Ridge, Lava Beds District (Newberry District), Lava Bed Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
47.9km (29.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed Fe-Th-W-Ag-Au deposit [1], Rodman Mountains, Belleville Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
50.9km (31.6 miles) ⓘRed Boulder No. 1 prospect (Unnamed REE-U-Th occurrence [1]), One Hole Spring, Bighorn Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
51.9km (32.3 miles) ⓘNew Bessemer Mine (Alarm Mine), Bessemer Mines, Iron Ridge, Lava Beds District (Newberry District), Lava Bed Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
Wright, L.A., et al (1953), Mines and mineral resources of San Bernardino County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 49(1-2): 90
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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