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Hematite from
Bodie Mine (Bodie project), Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Comments:Responsible for the color in the "Red Vein."
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bodie Mine (Bodie project), Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:650244
Long-form Identifier:1:3:650244:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
28.1km (17.5 miles) ⓘBorealis mine, Borealis Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
30.5km (18.9 miles) ⓘLog Cabin and Sunrise groups (Log Cabin group; Log Cabin Mining Co. property; Sunrise group; Mutual group; Simpson Mine), Lee Vining Peak, Lee Vining, Tioga Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
33.7km (20.9 miles) ⓘSilverado Mine (Silverado - Kentuck Mine; Kentuck Mine), Wheeler Peak, Patterson Mining District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
50.3km (31.2 miles) ⓘOwen iron deposit, Cambridge Hills, Wilson Mining District, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
59.7km (37.1 miles) ⓘAgnew Meadow Mine (Agnew Meadow Manganese prospect/deposit; Mammoth Lakes), Olaine Lake, Agnew Meadows, Madera County, California, USA
61.2km (38.0 miles) ⓘKing David prospect, Hawthorne Mining District (Pamlico Mining District), Mineral County, Nevada, USA
61.9km (38.4 miles) ⓘDover claim, Barcelona Mining District (Spanish Belt Mining District), Toquima Range, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
61.9km (38.5 miles) ⓘGreen Talc Mine (Donnelly Andalusite Mine), Fitting Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
62.7km (38.9 miles) ⓘAcme Group, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
65.1km (40.4 miles) ⓘSilver Mine Creek prospect, Kennedy Meadow, Tuolumne County, California, USA
References
Whiting, H.A. (1888), Mono County, California: California Mining Bureau. Report 8: 385
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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