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Hematite from
Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Ilmenite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:669281
Long-form Identifier:1:3:669281:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
1.7km (1.1 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
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘMoonlight Valley deposit, Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Fe occurrence [1], Mountain Meadows, Mountain Meadow Mining District, Lassen County, California, USA
16.5km (10.3 miles) ⓘCrescent Mills, Plumas County, California, USA
18.6km (11.6 miles) ⓘLantz property, Diamond Mountain, Lassen County, California, USA
22.6km (14.1 miles) ⓘCollins Pine Manganese deposit, Grizzly Peak, Plumas County, California, USA
56.3km (35.0 miles) ⓘFour Hills Mine, Hawley Lake, Sierra City Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
63.5km (39.5 miles) ⓘMohawk Mine, Adams Peak, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
63.9km (39.7 miles) ⓘEl Dorado Mine (Duffay Mine), Adams Peak, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
64.4km (40.0 miles) ⓘMurdock Mine [2] (Plumas Jumbo Mine), Adams Peak, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
References
Knopf, Adolf & Charles A. Anderson (1930), The Engels copper deposits, California: Economic Geology: 25: 27
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 226.
Smith, A.R. (1970) Trace elements in the Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California. California Division of Mines and Geology Special Report 103: 18
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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