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Muscovite from
Hogan-Mallery Tin Mine (Hogan-Mallery Meek Mine; Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Mine), Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:Occurs as an alteration product.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hogan-Mallery Tin Mine (Hogan-Mallery Meek Mine; Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Mine), Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1013872
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1013872:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
24.6km (15.3 miles) ⓘAlamo Mountain Mica Mine (Mount Alamo deposit), Alamo Mountain (McDonald Peak), Frazier Park area, Ventura County, California, USA
39.8km (24.7 miles) ⓘDeem Flagstone Quarry (Deem Mine), Bee Canyon, Agua Dulce Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, USA
43.3km (26.9 miles) ⓘMiddle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
43.6km (27.1 miles) ⓘCactus Gold Mine (Blue Eagle Mine; Middle Buttes Mine; Cactus Mine; Cactus Queen Mine; Shumake deposit; Shumake Mine), Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
45.0km (27.9 miles) ⓘBouquet Canyon Quarry (Pyle Quarry), Bouquet Canyon, Green Valley, Sierra Pelona Mts (Sierra Pelona Range), Los Angeles County, California, USA
54.2km (33.7 miles) ⓘPlacerita Canyon, Placerita Canyon State Park, Los Angeles County, California, USA
63.3km (39.3 miles) ⓘPacoima Canyon pegmatite locality (Pacoima Canyon Allanite pegmatite; Allanite locality), Pacoima Canyon, Los Angeles County, California, USA
63.5km (39.5 miles) ⓘPacoima Canyon, Los Angeles County, California, USA
64.9km (40.3 miles) ⓘDorothy Ann Mine (Dorothy Ann claim), Acton, Acton District, Los Angeles County, California, USA
64.9km (40.4 miles) ⓘMica I (Mica claim), Acton, Acton District, Los Angeles County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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