. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. llite, aboundsimbedded in the lepidolite, in radiating masses. No abundance of gemshas been found in this vein, but light pink kunzite and some gem tour- ^Incorrectly called Pala Mt. in Bull. 37. Pala Mt. lies SE. and has no gem bearingdikes or veins. SAN DIEGO COUNTY. 697 maline have been taken from the north end of the Stewart claim andconsiderable quantities of small but fine green tourmalines have beentaken from the Gem lepidolite mine, belonging to A. M. Labaugh, whichad
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. llite, aboundsimbedded in the lepidolite, in radiating masses. No abundance of gemshas been found in this vein, but light pink kunzite and some gem tour- ^Incorrectly called Pala Mt. in Bull. 37. Pala Mt. lies SE. and has no gem bearingdikes or veins. SAN DIEGO COUNTY. 697 maline have been taken from the north end of the Stewart claim andconsiderable quantities of small but fine green tourmalines have beentaken from the Gem lepidolite mine, belonging to A. M. Labaugh, whichadjoins the Stewart claim on the north. South of the Stewart is theMission claim, on the south face of the hill and, on patented land stillfarther south, is the old Alvarado mine. About 600 feet above the Lithia Companys dike and parallel to it,is the Tourmaline Queen dike. Its outcrop is hundreds of feet in length,its extent to the south having been limited by the erosion of thehill. The claim which bears this name is partly in Sec. 15 and partly inSec. 22. The workings on it are quite extensive. This dike is about. Tourmaline Queen Mine. Looking West from Pala Chief. Photo. 14 feet wide and dips southwest 15°. On this mountain are also the PalaKing and Homestake claims. Dr. Eakle determines the country rock of the Tourmaline Queen ashornblende-diorite. A thin section shows large broad plates of darkgreen hornblende and plagioclase feldspar as essentially composing therock. Smaller amounts of orthoclase and some irregular grains ofmagnetite are present. Still higher, on the Tourmaline Queen IMountain is the TourmalineKing mine, belonging to F. B. Schuyler, of Berkeley, Cal. The outcropis on the north face of the summit peak, the vein being about 7 feetwide and dipping 40° southwest. Other minor claims on the south faceof this mountain are i\Iaud and Happy Hooligan, also Buster Brown,formerly White Cloud, belonging to John Reed, of Fallbrook, andAdolph Shoulders, of Pa
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