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Zircon from
Bedford Canyon, Beeks Place, Orange County, California, USA


Locality type:Canyon
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Comments:Occurs as detrital material.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bedford Canyon, Beeks Place, Orange County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:648805
Long-form Identifier:1:3:648805:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
8.3km (5.1 miles) ⓘCajalco Mine (Cajalco Tin Mine; Cajalco Dumortierite occurrence), El Cerrito, Riverside County, California, USA
22.4km (13.9 miles) ⓘVal Verde tunnel, Mead Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
26.3km (16.3 miles) ⓘJensen Quarry, Jurupa Mountains, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
27.9km (17.4 miles) ⓘCommercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
37.4km (23.2 miles) ⓘSouthern Pacific Silica Quarry (Southern Pacific deposit; Nuevo Mine; Southern Pacific Quarry; S.P. Silica Quarry; S.P. Mine; Nuevo Quarry), Nuevo, Lakeview Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
63.8km (39.7 miles) ⓘBautista Canyon, Cahuilla Mining District, Riverside County, California, USA
63.9km (39.7 miles) ⓘHazel W. prospect, Elizabeth R. Mine (Hazel W. claim), Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
64.0km (39.8 miles) ⓘStewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
64.1km (39.8 miles) ⓘElizabeth R. Mine (Hazel W. claim), Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
71.2km (44.3 miles) ⓘJuan Diego Mine No. 1 (Juan Diego No. 1 deposit; Rainbow Mine; Rainbow prospects), Little Cahuilla Mountain, Cahuilla Mining District, Riverside County, California, USA
References
Bushee, J. (1963), Lead alpha ages for zircons from bathlitic and prebatholitic rocks, San Diego and Orange Counties, California: (abstract) Geological Society of America Special Paper 73: 29-30
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 392.
 
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