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Microcline from
Mineral Hill pegmatite area, Crook County, Wyoming, USA


Locality type:Area
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 Mineral Hill pegmatite area, Crook County, Wyoming, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:41268
Long-form Identifier:1:3:41268:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
2.2km (1.4 miles) Rough and Ready mine, Tinton Pegmatite Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Giant-Volney mine, Tinton Pegmatite Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
19.4km (12.0 miles) Wharf Mine, Bald Mountain Mining District (Portland Mining District), Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
63.9km (39.7 miles) Mateen Mine (Mattine Mine; Century Lode Claim; Nevada No. 2 Mine), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
68.0km (42.3 miles) Tin Queen Mine (White Blowout Mine), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
68.1km (42.3 miles) Louise & Hunter Claim (Hunter and Louise Spodumene Dike), Oreville Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
68.3km (42.5 miles) High Climb Mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
69.9km (43.4 miles) Gap Lode Pegmatite, Unorganized mining district [5], Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
71.5km (44.5 miles) Bob Ingersoll Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
71.7km (44.6 miles) Old Mike mine (Great Northern; Old Mike M.S.2212), Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
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