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Tourmaline from
Diadem lode deposit (Diadon lode; Sierra Manganese deposit), Mumford Hill, Edmanton, Meadow Valley, Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District), Plumas County, California, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Comments:Occurs as small crystals.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Diadem lode deposit (Diadon lode; Sierra Manganese deposit), Mumford Hill, Edmanton, Meadow Valley, Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District), Plumas County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:668591
Long-form Identifier:1:3:668591:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
36.9km (22.9 miles) ⓘWalker Mine (Walker Brothers Mine; Walker Copper Mine; Native Son Mine [?]), Argentine Rock, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
44.2km (27.4 miles) ⓘLights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
60.8km (37.8 miles) ⓘThompson Peak, Plumas County, California, USA
73.3km (45.5 miles) ⓘMeadow Lake Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
74.3km (46.2 miles) ⓘBaltimore Mine (Baltimore group; Unnamed Au-Ag-Cu mine), Baltimore Town, Meadow Lake Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
77.7km (48.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au mine [19], Old Man Mountain, Meadow Lake Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
78.1km (48.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au mine [2], Signal Peak, Meadow Lake Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
99.8km (62.0 miles) ⓘNBMG Sample Site # 4140; #4141; #4142, Peavine Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
References
description of the Bidwell Bar sheet: USGS Geol. Atlas, Bidwell Bar folio (No. 43), 6 pp.: 6
Turner, Henry Ward (1898a), Description of the gold belt
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.
 
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