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Muscovite from
Independence mine, Bitter Creek, Anchor District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA


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 Independence mine, Bitter Creek, Anchor District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1008041
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1008041:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
0.7km (0.5 miles) ⓘDeldosso prospect, Bitter Creek, Anchor District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) ⓘHematite Creek, Elizabethtown Mining District, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
14.4km (9.0 miles) ⓘCabresto Lake prospect, Cabresto Creek, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘQuesta Molybdenum Mine (Questa Mine; Moly Mine; R and S Mine), Questa Mining District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘCedros prospect, Northern Taos Range, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
25.2km (15.7 miles) ⓘCostilla area, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
56.5km (35.1 miles) ⓘCueva Blanca Mine (White Cave Mine), Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
60.8km (37.8 miles) ⓘHondo Canyon Sillimanite-Kyanite (Lund's) prospect, Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
61.2km (38.0 miles) ⓘKing Turquoise Mine, Manassa, Conejos County, Colorado, USA
64.3km (40.0 miles) ⓘAztec deposit, La Madera-Paloma Canyon area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
References
Charles F. Park, Jr.
McKinlay, Philip F., (1948) Geology and ore deposits of Red River and Twining districts, Taos County, New Mexico, a preliminary report. NMBGMR Circular 18.
 
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