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Orthoclase from
Little Three Mine, Little Three Mine area, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Boromuscovite1
Albite1
- var Cleavelandite1
Quartz1
- var Smoky Quartz1
Spessartine1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Little Three Mine, Little Three Mine area, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:8293
Long-form Identifier:1:3:8293:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘHercules Mine (Beryl claim; Hercules claim; Hercules group; Hercules prospect), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘLookout Mine (Hercules group; Lookout prospect; Upper Hercules mine), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘEquestrian prospect, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘSurprise Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘApollo Lode claim, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘCoyote diggings, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘA.B.C. Mine (ABC Mine; Daggett & MacIntosh; Daggett group), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘProspect Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
16.3km (10.1 miles) ⓘRose Quartz Mine (Patton lode; Patten lode; Powers group; Crystal Quartz; White Quartz; Sante Fe Gem), Mesa Grande, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘEsmeralda Mine, Mesa Grande, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
References
Foord, Eugene E., Martin, Robert F., Spaulding, Louis B., Mason, Roger A. (1989) Mineralogy and Paragenesis of the Little Three Mine Pegmatites, Ramona District, San Diego County, California. The Mineralogical Record, 20 (2) 101-127pp.106-109
 
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