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Cassiterite from
Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Apatite
Jarosite
Ludwigite
Malachite
Molybdenite
Powellite
Scheelite
Strontianite
Zoisite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:671599
Long-form Identifier:1:3:671599:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Cassiterite in this Region
Crowbar Gulch prospect (Crowbar claim), Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
Gray Eagle prospect (Gray Eagle Discovery prospect; Gray Eagle claim), Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
Hogan-Mallery Tin Mine (Hogan-Mallery Meek Mine; Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Mine), Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
Lower Butler prospect, Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
Upper Butler prospect, Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘHogan-Mallery Tin Mine (Hogan-Mallery Meek Mine; Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Mine), Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘCrowbar Gulch prospect (Crowbar claim), Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘUpper Butler prospect, Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘGray Eagle prospect (Gray Eagle Discovery prospect; Gray Eagle claim), Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘLower Butler prospect, Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
98.1km (61.0 miles) ⓘSan Rafael Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
References
Page, Lincoln Ridler (1946), Contact metamorphic deposits of Cassiterite in California: (abstract) Geological Society of America Bulletin 56: 1187
[…American Mineralogist (1946): 31: 202]
Wiese, J.H. & L.R. Page (1946), Tin deposits of the Gorman District, Kern County, California: California Division Mines Report 42: 36
Troxel, Bennie W., Morton, Paul K. (1962) Mines and Mineral Resources of Kern County California. County Report 1. California Division of Mines and Geologyp.294
 
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