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Magnetite from
Indian Springs deposit, Indian Springs, Nevada County, California, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Comments:Occurs as a large deposit. Occurs at the contact of granodiorite and diabase.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Indian Springs deposit, Indian Springs, Nevada County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:674628
Long-form Identifier:1:3:674628:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘStar Placer Mine, Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed Fe occurrence [3] (Iron occurrence), La Barr Meadows, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
13.8km (8.5 miles) ⓘCrown Point Consolidated Quartz Mine (Crown Point Mine; Crown Point Con. Qtz.; Confidence; Wm Penn; William Penn), Empire Star group (Empire Star Mines Company holdings), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘFrench Corral Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘHalf Chrome Mine (Limekin Mine; Wolf Mine), Dew Drop, Nevada County, California, USA
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘGrass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
15.7km (9.7 miles) ⓘManga-Chrome Mine (Manga Chrome; Magna-Chrome Mine; Duggan Mine; Steams and Owens [?]), Limekiln, Spenceville Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
20.2km (12.5 miles) ⓘManzanita Placer Mine (Manzanita Mining Co. property), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
24.5km (15.2 miles) ⓘBlue Tent Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘHotaling Iron Mine (Hotaling Mine; Hotaling deposit), Hotaling, Placer County, California, USA
References
description of the Smartsville sheet, California: USGS Geological Atlas, Smartsville folio (No. 18), 6 pp.: 6
Lindgren, Waldemar & Henry Ward Turner (1895b), Description of the gold belt
MacBoyle, Errol (1919), Mines and mineral resources of Nevada County: California Mining Bureau. Report 16, 270 pp. (published as separate chapter): 59
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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