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Hercynite from
Burro Mountain ultramafic complex, Burro Mountain, Los Burros Mining District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey County, California, USA


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Hercynite
Formula:Fe2+Al2O4
Comments:Chromian material. A common constituent of dunites and peridotites.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hercynite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Burro Mountain ultramafic complex, Burro Mountain, Los Burros Mining District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:651201
Long-form Identifier:1:3:651201:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Page, Norman J. (1967) Serpentinization at Burro Mountain, California. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 14 (4) 321-342 doi:10.1007/bf00373811P. 342
Burch, S.H. (1968), Tectonic emplacement of the Burro Mountain ultramafic body, Santa Lucia Range, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin: 79: 536
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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