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Muscovite from
Albany Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, 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 Albany Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1572476
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1572476:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘCuprite Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘNew Rambler mine (Rambler Mine; Holmes Mine; Electrolytic Mine; Great Rambler Mine), New Rambler Mining District, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘBlack Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘKeystone Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) ⓘFlorence Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
5.9km (3.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘLake Creek Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
17.8km (11.1 miles) ⓘIone pegmatite prospect, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
17.8km (11.1 miles) ⓘMuscovite pegmatite prospect, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
18.1km (11.2 miles) ⓘMany Values pegmatite prospect, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
References
R.R. Loucks, M.E. McCallum (1980) Platinum-group minerals in the New Rambler copper-nickel deposit, Wyoming: A preliminary report. ft Sulphosalts, Platinum Minerals and Ore Microscopy, 200-218. Proc. XI IMA Meet., Novosibirsk.(Am Min 74:1217)
 
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