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Muscovite from
Bluebird Mine, Primos group of claims (Primos Mine), Dragoon, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:Occurs as cross-vein oriented books of silvery muscovite crystals in small veinlets (to ¼ inch - 1 cm) across in granite (Texas stock) matrix.
Colour:Silvery
Luminescent properties:None
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1
Feldspar Group1
Hübnerite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bluebird Mine, Primos group of claims (Primos Mine), Dragoon, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:129115
Long-form Identifier:1:3:129115:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
0.1km (0.0 miles) Primos group of claims (Primos Mine), Dragoon, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) Unnamed W prospects [4], Dragoon, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Unnamed W-Cu prospect, Dragoon, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) Burro Pit, Johnson Mine (Johnson Camp Mine), Johnson Camp, Gunnison Copper Project, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
4.3km (2.6 miles) Centurion Mine, Centurion, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) Johnson Mine (Johnson Camp Mine), Johnson Camp, Gunnison Copper Project, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) Gunnison Copper Project, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) Tungsten King Mine, Black Rock group, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
10.4km (6.4 miles) Burrito de Fierro Mine, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) Unnamed Pb-Cu-Ag-Au-Zn-W prospect, Tres Alamos Wash, Johnny Lyon Hills, Yellowstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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