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Magnetite from
Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Comments:Occurs at station 10-11. Occurs as 1 mm crystals in predazzite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:151280
Long-form Identifier:1:3:151280:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘWet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘOld City Quarry (City Quarry; North Hill Quarry; Quarry Hill; Fairmount), Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘHenshaw Quarry, Bloomington, San Bernardino County, California, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘJensen Quarry, Jurupa Mountains, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
20.3km (12.6 miles) ⓘCajalco Mine (Cajalco Tin Mine; Cajalco Dumortierite occurrence), El Cerrito, Riverside County, California, USA
35.5km (22.1 miles) ⓘSouthern Pacific Silica Quarry (Southern Pacific deposit; Nuevo Mine; Southern Pacific Quarry; S.P. Silica Quarry; S.P. Mine; Nuevo Quarry), Nuevo, Lakeview Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
44.7km (27.8 miles) ⓘSt. Patrick's group (St. Patrick claim; Alger Creek claims), Forest Falls (Fallsvale; Fallsville; Forest Home), San Bernardino County, California, USA
47.5km (29.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed U-Th-REE prospects [1], Forest Falls (Fallsvale; Fallsville; Forest Home), San Bernardino County, California, USA
50.9km (31.6 miles) ⓘDesert View Mine, Fawnskin (Grout), Bear Valley District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
65.9km (40.9 miles) ⓘDesert Gold claims, Whitewater (White Water), Riverside County, California, USA
References
Woodford, A.O., Crippen, R.A., Garner, K.B. (1941) Section Across Commercial Quarry, Crestmore, California. American Mineralogist: 26: 351-381.p.366
 
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