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Muscovite from
Dolmac Mine, Rathbun Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dolmac Mine, Rathbun Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1000857
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1000857:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
8.9km (5.6 miles) ⓘCobalt Hill, Mackelcan Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
20.4km (12.7 miles) ⓘMowhawk Garnet Deposit, Street Township, Unorganized North Sudbury District, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
23.1km (14.3 miles) ⓘFalconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
36.6km (22.7 miles) ⓘFrood Mine, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
42.2km (26.3 miles) ⓘElizabeth mine, Dill Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
44.0km (27.3 miles) ⓘWanup Quarry, Dill Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
51.9km (32.3 miles) ⓘCopperfields Mine (Temagami Mine), Phyllis Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada
52.6km (32.7 miles) ⓘCreighton Mine, Creighton-Davies Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
85.6km (53.2 miles) ⓘNairn deposit, Nairn and Hyman Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
99.5km (61.8 miles) ⓘCaribou Lake muscovite showing, McConkey Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada
References
Econ Geol (1986) 81:1272-1277
Econ Geol (1988) 83:492-510
Kawohl, Alexander, Whymark, Wesley E., Bite, Andrejs, Frimmel, Hartwig E. (2020) High-Grade Magmatic Platinum Group Element-Cu(-Ni) Sulfide Mineralization Associated with the Rathbun Offset Dike of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (Ontario, Canada). Economic Geology, 115 (3). 505-525 doi:10.5382/econgeo.4717
 
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