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Magnetite from
Melones Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Comments:Occurs as well-formed crystals in talc schist.
Habit:Octahedra
Colour:Black
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Native Gold
Talc
Tetradymite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Melones Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:686776
Long-form Identifier:1:3:686776:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘIron Rock Mine, Carson Hill, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘBear Mountain Ranch occurrence, Copperopolis, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
10.4km (6.5 miles) ⓘJamestown Mine (Jamestown group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
12.3km (7.7 miles) ⓘDouglas Flat placers, Douglas Flat, Vallecito Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
13.6km (8.5 miles) ⓘPonderosa prospect, Soapstone Hill, Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
15.2km (9.5 miles) ⓘMcCormick Mine (McCormick property; Terry and Sell lease [WWI]), Yosemite Junction, Tuolumne County, California, USA
38.1km (23.7 miles) ⓘMokelumne River, Amador County, California, USA
40.8km (25.3 miles) ⓘJackson Butte, Amador County, California, USA
48.4km (30.1 miles) ⓘDu Frene prospect (Dufrene prospect; Empire Mine; Pacific Mine), Sunnybrook, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
48.5km (30.1 miles) ⓘCamanche Mining District, San Joaquin County, California, USA
References
Knopf, Adolf (1929), The Mother Lode system of California: USGS Professional Paper 157, 88 pp: 37
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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