USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · San Diego County
Pala Chief Group
Unconfirmed Gemstone Underground 4 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- San Diego
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gemstone
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- East Knickerbocker, West Knickerbocker, Pala Chief, Ocean View, Goddess ClaimsKnickerbocker, Hazel W., Canyon King Prospect
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Summary: A gemstone and specimen mine in pegmatite located near the village of Pala, San Diego County, California. The Pala Chief mine has been the source of some of the finest kunzite crystals ever found in southern California. The deposit was first …
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 3 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 4 adit symbols
- Adit : Pechanga , 1949
- Adit : Pechanga , 1968
- Adit : Pechanga , 1949
View individual source records (5)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Andalusite
- Aplite
- Aquamarine
- Bavenite
- Bertrandite
- Beryl
- Bismite
- Bismuthinite
View all 34 reported minerals
- Andalusite
- Aplite
- Aquamarine
- Bavenite
- Bertrandite
- Beryl
- Bismite
- Bismuthinite
- Bismutite
- Citrine
- commodity:Gemstones
- commodity:Mineral specimens
- Cookeite
- Elbaite
- Gahnite
- Garnet Group
- Kunzite
- Lepidolite
- Mica Group
- Microcline
- Molybdenite
- Morganite
- Muscovite
- Native Bismuth
- Pegmatite
- Phosphosiderite
- Plagioclase
- Pucherite
- Quartz
- Smoky Quartz
- Spessartine
- Spodumene
- Tourmaline
- Zinnwaldite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (4)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 3520
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (34)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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