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Biotite from
Mariquitta Mine, Middle Camp Mountain, Middle Camp-Oro Fino Mining District, Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mariquitta Mine, Middle Camp Mountain, Middle Camp-Oro Fino Mining District, Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:262406
Long-form Identifier:1:3:262406:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘMammoth prospect, La Paz Mining District (Weaver Mining District), Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
51.5km (32.0 miles) ⓘNorth Star Mine (Northstar Mine), Kofa Mining District, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
53.1km (33.0 miles) ⓘThree Musketeers Mine, Ellsworth Mining District, Granite Wash Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
82.3km (51.1 miles) ⓘOrocopia Schist Subduction Channel, Eagletail Mts (Cemetary Ridge), La Paz County, Arizona, USA
84.2km (52.3 miles) ⓘPicacho Mine (Picacho Gold Mine; Goshen; Helen May; Tierra Rica; Mina Rica; St. George; California Gold King; Picacho Basin; Golden Rule; Venus; Jayne; Golden Casket; Dulciana; Mars), Picacho Peak, Picacho Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
97.1km (60.3 miles) ⓘDutch Flat Mine, Dutch Flat, Chemehuevis Mining District, Mohave Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
References
Jones Jr., E.L. (1915) Gold Deposits near Quartzsite, Arizona, in Contributions to Economic Geology by F.L. Ransome & H.S. Gale. Bulletin 620. U.S. Geological Survey
 
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