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Muscovite from
Lindai bauxite deposit, Qingzhen County, Guiyang, Guizhou, China


Locality type:Deposit
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 Lindai bauxite deposit, Qingzhen County, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1562083
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1562083:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘXiuwen bauxite deposit, Xiuwen County, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
60.0km (37.3 miles) ⓘJiangjiayan village, Xifeng Co., Tieling, Liaoning, China
62.9km (39.1 miles) ⓘXinhua P-REE deposit, Zhijin County, Bijie, Guizhou, China
69.4km (43.1 miles) ⓘKaiyang Mine, Kaiyang County, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
83.4km (51.8 miles) ⓘJiujialu Formation, Dafang County, Bijie, Guizhou, China
84.8km (52.7 miles) ⓘMaoping village, Kaiyang County, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
98.3km (61.1 miles) ⓘZK10 borehole, Nayong County, Bijie, Guizhou, China
References
Luo, Chaokun, Peng Liang, Ruidong Yang, Junbo Gao, Qun Chen, and Hongcheng Mo. (2023) "Mineralogical and Geochemical Constraints on the Occurrence Forms of REEs in Carboniferous Karst Bauxite, Central Guizhou Province, Southwest China: A Case Study of Lindai Bauxite" Minerals 13, no. 3: 320. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13030320
 
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