Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA (original) (raw)

ⓘ Aluminocopiapite

Formula: Al2/3Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O

ⓘ Alunite

Formula: KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6

Habit: Rhombohedra modified by basal forms

Colour: Pink to pale brown

Description: Occurs in quartz veins; granular masses and rhombohedra.

ⓘ Andalusite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

Description: Crystals form columnar masses; prismatic crystals to 10 cm long.

References:

Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York.

ⓘ 'Apatite'

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

Colour: White

Description: Occurs as small tabular crystals partly lining cavities in phosphatic rock.

ⓘ Augelite

Formula: Al2(PO4)(OH)3

Colour: Colourless

Description: Occurs as crystals to 0.75 inches (1.8 cm) or more; commonly euhedral, transparent, and as fracture coatings and cavity fillings.

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ⓘ Baryte

Formula: BaSO4

Description: Large crystals are found in fractures but are rare.

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ⓘ Calcite

Formula: CaCO3

ⓘ Corundum

Formula: Al2O3

Colour: Deep blue

Description: Occurs as coarse nodular masses, as deep blue plates or irregular crystals in andalusite; rare but widespread.

ⓘ Crandallite

Formula: CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6

ⓘ Diaspore

Formula: AlO(OH)

Colour: White to yellow-brown

Description: Occurs as compact masses with andalusite or in veins of pyrophyllite; blades and plates to 3 cm long.

ⓘ Epidote

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

ⓘ Fluorapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F

Colour: Light blue

Description: Coatings.

ⓘ Fluorapatite var. Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O)

Colour: Light blue

Description: Coatings.

ⓘ Fluorapophyllite-(K)

Formula: KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH) · 8H2O

ⓘ Fluorellestadite

Formula: Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F

ⓘ Fluorite

Formula: CaF2

ⓘ Goethite

Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)

Description: Many pseudomorphs after pyrite.

ⓘ Goyazite

Formula: SrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6

ⓘ Halotrichite

Formula: FeAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O

ⓘ Hematite

Formula: Fe2O3

Localities:

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Lower group of patented claims, Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Hematite var. Specularite

Formula: Fe2O3

Description: Locally abundant.

ⓘ Hydroxylapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(OH)

ⓘ Ilmenite

Formula: Fe2+TiO3

Description: Occurs sparingly.

ⓘ Jarosite

Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6

ⓘ Kalinite

Formula: KAl(SO4)2 · 11H2O

ⓘ Kaolinite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

ⓘ Lazulite

Formula: MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2

Colour: Deep blue

Description: Abundant in veinlets cutting the ore body and wiedely disseminated in phosphate rock and vein quartz.

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ⓘ 'Limonite'

ⓘ Magnesio-foitite

Formula: ◻(Mg2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

ⓘ Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Description: Abundant. Forms veinlets with tourmaline and quartz.

ⓘ Natroalunite

Formula: NaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6

ⓘ Natroalunite var. Strontium-bearing Natroalunite

Formula: (Na,Sr)Al3(SO4)2(OH)6

ⓘ Orthoclase

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

ⓘ Phosphosiderite

Formula: FePO4 · 2H2O

ⓘ Pickeringite

Formula: MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O

ⓘ Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

Description: Abundant.

ⓘ Pyrophyllite

Formula: Al2Si4O10(OH)2

Colour: White to colourless

Description: Occurs as sheaves of plates to 12 mm and small clusters of radiating masses and veinlets in andalusite.

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ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Localities:

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Lower group of patented claims, Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA

Description: Forms veins hosting other minerals also occurs as crystals to 10 cm long lining walls of vugs and fractures.

ⓘ Rutile

Formula: TiO2

Colour: Wine-red to red-brown

Description: Occurs as abundant minute specks in andalusite; crystals to 3 mm common.

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ⓘ Schorl

Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

Description: Occurs as veinlets of hair-like fibers.

ⓘ Scorzalite

Formula: Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2

Localities:

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Lower group of patented claims, Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA

Description: Only material associated with svanbergite and schorl.

ⓘ 'Strengite-Variscite Series'

ⓘ Sulphur

Formula: S8

Description: Occasionally occurs as large balls filling cavities in andalusite ore.

ⓘ Svanbergite

Formula: SrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6

Habit: Rhombahedra

Colour: Pale yellow to orange, brown

ⓘ Titanite

Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O

Description: Occurs as minute grains scattered through andalusite.

ⓘ Topaz

Formula: Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2

Description: Occurs as small amounts of granular material in andalusite.

ⓘ 'Tourmaline'

Formula: A D3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

ⓘ 'Tourmaline var. Achroite'

Formula: A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

ⓘ Trolleite

Formula: Al4(PO4)3(OH)3

Colour: Pale blue to blue-green

Description: Occurs as masses intergrown with augelite.

ⓘ 'Viséite'

Description: Lines many cavities in the phosphatic rock.

ⓘ Woodhouseite (TL)

Formula: CaAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6

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Habit: Pseudocubic rhombohedra

Colour: Colourless to pale orange

Description: Occurs in veins; transparent to translucent. Some material is strontian.

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ⓘ Xenotime-(Y)

Formula: Y(PO4)

ⓘ Zircon

Formula: Zr(SiO4)

Description: Occurs in minor amounts.