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Ilmenite from
Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Ilmenite
Formula:Fe2+TiO3
Comments:Occurs with titanite near a quartz diorite contact on the upper level(s).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Titanite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ilmenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:688258
Long-form Identifier:1:3:688258:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Ilmenite
66.1km (41.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed pegmatite [1], Whitewater (White Water), Riverside County, California, USA
66.4km (41.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Piemontite occurrence [1] (San Gorgonio Pass), Whitewater (White Water), Riverside County, California, USA
69.6km (43.3 miles) ⓘAudrey Lynn Mine (Audrey Lynne Mine; Jumping Joe claims), Little Cahuilla Mountain, Cahuilla Mining District, Riverside County, California, USA
72.6km (45.1 miles) ⓘAlder Creek 5 deposit, Tujunga, Los Angeles County, California, USA
73.8km (45.8 miles) ⓘIron Mountain deposit (Alder Creek 3; Iron Mountain group), Iron Mountain, Tujunga, Los Angeles County, California, USA
73.9km (45.9 miles) ⓘAlder Creek 2 deposit, Iron Mountain, Tujunga, Los Angeles County, California, USA
74.6km (46.3 miles) ⓘBlack Crow Mine (Black Crow deposit), Iron Mountain, Tujunga, Los Angeles County, California, USA
74.7km (46.4 miles) ⓘAlder Creek 4 deposit, Tujunga, Los Angeles County, California, USA
74.9km (46.5 miles) ⓘTitan deposit (Mount Gleason 7; Alder Creek 1; Titan lode), Tujunga, Los Angeles County, California, USA
75.0km (46.6 miles) ⓘMammoth deposit (Mount Gleason 6), Iron Mountain, Tujunga, Los Angeles County, California, USA
References
No. 238: 79, July 1957
Jenni, Clarence M. (1957), Crestmore and its minerals. Gems & Minerals, No. 236: 64, May, 1957
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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