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Garnet Group from
Meadow Lake Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:'Garnet Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:X3Z2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Garnet Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Meadow Lake Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:900883
Long-form Identifier:1:3:900883:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Garnet Group in this Region
Unnamed Au mine [5], Signal Peak, Meadow Lake Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Garnet Group
9.1km (5.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au mine [5], Signal Peak, Meadow Lake Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
42.7km (26.6 miles) ⓘNorth Banner Consolidated Mine (North Banner Quartz Mine; North Banner Cons.; North Banner Co; North Banner Qtz), Lava Cap-Banner-Central group (Central Consolidated; South Banner; North Banner), Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
44.6km (27.7 miles) ⓘTruckee Canyon, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
53.7km (33.4 miles) ⓘRed Metals Mine (North View Copper Mine; Porcupine tunnel; Wheeler tunnel; Revelation patent; Red Metal Mine; NBMG sample sites No. 3333 & No. 4122), Copperfield, Peavine Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
55.9km (34.7 miles) ⓘFrench Corral Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
61.2km (38.0 miles) ⓘH. C. Elster property, Cherry Creek Acres, Nevada County, California, USA
62.6km (38.9 miles) ⓘWalker Mine (Walker Brothers Mine; Walker Copper Mine; Native Son Mine [?]), Argentine Rock, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
64.0km (39.8 miles) ⓘManga-Chrome Mine (Manga Chrome; Magna-Chrome Mine; Duggan Mine; Steams and Owens [?]), Limekiln, Spenceville Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
65.2km (40.5 miles) ⓘEllen B, Galena Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
69.3km (43.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed Epidote-Garnet-Quartz occurrence [1], Grass Lake, Fallen Leaf, El Dorado County, California, USA
References
Doebrich, J. L.
Garside, L. J.
Shawe, D. R. (1996) Characterization of mineral deposits in rocks of the Triassic to Jurassic magmatic arc of western Nevada and eastern California. USGS Open File report 96-6
 
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