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Microcline from
Shipman Mine, Elizabethtown Township, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shipman Mine, Elizabethtown Township, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:305792
Long-form Identifier:1:3:305792:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
19.1km (11.9 miles) Agars Ledge, Rossie, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
19.8km (12.3 miles) Nelson Corners roadcut, Rossie, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
20.7km (12.9 miles) Rossie Lead Mines, Rossie, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
27.1km (16.8 miles) Clarks Hill, Rossie, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
27.3km (17.0 miles) Hall farm, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) Cream of the Valley Road, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
36.7km (22.8 miles) St. Lawrence deposit, Leeds Township, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
37.4km (23.3 miles) St. Lawrence Wollastonite Deposit, Pittsburgh Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
39.5km (24.5 miles) McLear pegmatite quarry (Green Hill), De Kalb, De Kalb, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
44.3km (27.6 miles) Silver Queen Mine, North Burgess Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
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