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Muscovite from
Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1
Cassiterite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:212357
Long-form Identifier:1:3:212357:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Muscovite in this Region
Annie No. 1 Lode (Tin Spike), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Black Metal Group, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Blue Bird claim, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Canfield Lode Occurrence (High Lode), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Cassiterite Tin Prospect, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Clara Belle (Forest City; Golden Arrow), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Cowboy Tin Mine, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Dyke claim (Dike lode), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Excelsior Lode, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
General Harney (Golden Slipper Tin; Tin Boom No. 1 and No. 2; Tin Spike No. 1), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Gertie mine, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Good Luck; Success; Cleveland Claims (American Tungsten Mining Company), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Ida Occurrence (Ida Tin), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Martha Washington Occurrence (C. H. Kammon), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Mateen Mine (Mattine Mine; Century Lode Claim; Nevada No. 2 Mine), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
McKinnon and Miller's Claim, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Michigan Placer Ground, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Mohawk Mine, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Monkey Lode, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Olympia Tin Prospect, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Reinbold Claim (Tungsten No. 1-3 Claims), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Sally Cavanaugh Occurrence, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Tin Chance and Tin Chance No. 1 Occurrence, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Tin Queen Mine (White Blowout Mine), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Tungsten Lode, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Vida May Occurrence (Pettit and Nash), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
White Swan (Hayes' Claim), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Wolfram Lode Occurrence, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
0.4km (0.2 miles) White Swan (Hayes' Claim), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Tin Chance and Tin Chance No. 1 Occurrence, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Mohawk Mine, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) Annie No. 1 Lode (Tin Spike), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Cassiterite Tin Prospect, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) General Harney (Golden Slipper Tin; Tin Boom No. 1 and No. 2; Tin Spike No. 1), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Mateen Mine (Mattine Mine; Century Lode Claim; Nevada No. 2 Mine), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) Dyke claim (Dike lode), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Cowboy Tin Mine, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) Black Metal Group, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
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