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Microcline from
Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:148229
Long-form Identifier:1:3:148229:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Microcline in this Region
Brown Derby No. 1, Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
Brown Derby No. 4 Mine, Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
Brown Derby No. 5 Mine, Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘBrown Derby No. 1, Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘBrown Derby No. 5 Mine, Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
3.6km (2.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Pegmatite occurrence [3], Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘBucky pegmatite (New Anniversary; Willow Creek), Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
34.1km (21.2 miles) ⓘWest Face, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
35.3km (22.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed Uranium - Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10013132), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
36.1km (22.4 miles) ⓘMount White, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
47.5km (29.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed Pegmatite occurrence [1], Wolf Creek Area, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
49.2km (30.6 miles) ⓘIron Hill deposit, White Earth Mining District (Powderhorn Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
49.6km (30.8 miles) ⓘWildcat Gulch, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
References
Rocks & Min.: 24:233-234.
Landes, Kenneth K. (1935) Colorado pegmatites. American Mineralogist, 20 (5) 319-333
Hanley, J.B., Heinrich, E.W., Page, L.R. (1950) Pegmatite investigations in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah, 1942-1944. Professional Paper 227. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp227
 
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