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Locality Name:
Stewart Mine (MS 6162; Stewart Lithia Mine), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3562
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3562.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stewart Mine (MS 6162; Stewart Lithia Mine), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Alvarado Mine (Alvarado Prospect)
Little Joe Adit
Little Joe No. 2 Adit (Joe 2 Adit; Little Joe II Adit)

Latitude: 33°22'57"N
Longitude: 117°3'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.3825,-117.06222222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Sb Si Ta V Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Sb Si Ta V Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenicArthuriteBerylBismutiteChloriteClayColumbiteCorrensiteDigenite
FeldsparGarnetHureauliteJahnsiteKaoliniteLeucophosphiteMicaNoneOlivinePhosphosiderite
PyroxeneQuartzRoscheriteScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteStewartiteStibniteStrunziteTourmalineTriplite
VivianiteWarditeZircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Bermanite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Beyerite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cookeite  (*)Digenite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Greifensteinite  (*)
Hureaulite  (*)Jahnsite-(MnMnMn)  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Namibite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Phosphosiderite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pucherite  (*)Purpurite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Sicklerite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Spodumene  (*)Stewartite  (*)
Stibiotantalite  (*)Strengite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Tosudite  (*)
Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wardite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2174956,1749578803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32174956,1749572353
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F0244
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O055
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2096
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O60289
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)80181
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1174957520
Greifensteinite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O027
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O0125
Jahnsite-(MnMnMn)  (*)JahnsiteMn2+Mn2+Mn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O06
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42174956,1749575591
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O0110
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)1174957155
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2174956,1749574924
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O2174956,1749571508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22174956,17495717380
Namibite  (*)NoneCu(BiO)2(VO4)(OH)024
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)40369
Pucherite  (*)ScheeliteBi(VO4)053
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)080
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22174956,17495761156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2174956,1749572705
Sicklerite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)066
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)32174956,1749571214
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O61174957688
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O048
Stibiotantalite  (*)NoneSb3+TaO4053
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O098
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O60211
Tosudite  (*)Corrensite ClayNa0.5(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)8O18(OH)12·5H2O036
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)0313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F0233
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O058
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
X050113Stewart Mine (MS 6162; Stewart Lithia Mine), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/X050113
R070519Stewart Mine (MS 6162; Stewart Lithia Mine), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070519

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