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Magnesite from
Melville Ranch, Cloverdale, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA


Locality type:Ranch
Classification
Species:Magnesite
Formula:MgCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Melville Ranch, Cloverdale, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:720848
Long-form Identifier:1:3:720848:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnesite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘYordi Ranch deposit (Ekert Ranch), Cloverdale, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘBrush deposit, Cloverdale, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘAlbertz Ranch deposit (Alberts Ranch deposit), Alberts Ranch, Cloverdale, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
5.1km (3.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed Magnesite deposit [1], Cloverdale, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘCurmings occurrence, Cloverdale, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
5.9km (3.7 miles) ⓘPattenburg Refractory Magnesite Mine, Cloverdale, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘBurgans Ranch property (Burgaus Ranch), Cloverdale, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
7.3km (4.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed Magnesite occurrence [3], Cloverdale, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘHixon Ranch (Vassar Ranch), Pieta, Mendocino County, California, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘCulver-Baer Mine, North Fork Little Sulphur Creek, Cloverdale, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
References
Bradley, W.W. (1925), Magnesite in California: California Mining Bureau. Bulletin 79: 92
Honke, Martin T., Jr. & Wm. E. Ver Planck, Jr. (1950), Mines and mineral resources of Sonoma County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 46(1): 96.
 
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