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Muscovite from
Hickey Mine, Trooks Flat, Liberty Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, 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 Hickey Mine, Trooks Flat, Liberty Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1494412
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1494412:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
22.2km (13.8 miles) ⓘOro Grande Mining Company Mine (McKeen; Cummings; Shasta), Sugar Hill, Callahan Mining District (Scott River Mining District), Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
37.0km (23.0 miles) ⓘMugginsville, Oro Fino Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
55.2km (34.3 miles) ⓘQuartz Hill Mine, Scott Bar, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
60.2km (37.4 miles) ⓘSchroeder deposit, Cottonwood-Fort Jones-Yreka, Yreka, Siskiyou County, California, USA
62.1km (38.6 miles) ⓘWar Horse group (McKinley), McKinley Mountain, Humbug Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
68.9km (42.8 miles) ⓘWashington Mine (Washington vein), French Gulch, French Gulch Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
74.4km (46.3 miles) ⓘSutro Mine, Bohemotash Mountain, Backbone District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
76.5km (47.5 miles) ⓘMammoth Mine (Mammoth Copper Company; Anderson Mine; Mayflower Mine; Sheridan Mine; Gillispie Mine), Copper Crest group, Mammoth Butte, Backbone District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
76.6km (47.6 miles) ⓘShasta King Mine (Lost Desert Mine; Trinity Mine), Mammoth Butte, Backbone District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
76.6km (47.6 miles) ⓘGolinsky Mine (Little Backbone Mine; Backbone Mine; Golinski Mine), Mammoth Butte, Backbone District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
References
Taylor, Ryan D.; Morgan, Leah E.; Jourdan, Fred; Monecke, Thomas; Marsh, Erin E.; Goldfarb, Richard J. (2022) Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous orogenic gold mineralization in the Klamath Mountains, California: Constraints from 40Ar/39Ar dating of hydrothermal muscovite. Ore Geology Reviews, 141. p.104661. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104661
 
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