California · Mono County
Past Producer

Champion Or White Mountain Mine

Mono County, California, United States
Kyanite
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Commodities
PrimaryKyanite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeMetamorphic
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formPODS
Materials
Ore mineralsAndalusite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Quartz Monzonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1922
Identification
Deposit ID10069783
MRDS IDW007466
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.61661, -118.30094
References
KERR, P. F., 1932, THE OCCURRENCE OF ANDALUSITE AND RELATED MINERALS AT WHITE MOUNTAIN, CALIF.; ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 614 - 643LEMMON, D. M., 1937, GEOLOGY OF THE ANDALUSITE DEPOSIT IN THE NORTHERN INYO RANGE, CALIF.: STANFORD UNIV. PHD THESIS WRIGHT, L. A., 1957, KYANITE, ANDALUSITE, AND RELATED MINERALS, IN MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIV. MINES BULL. 176, P. 275 - 280