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Microcline from
McKinley Mountain Area, Custer County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mineral Occurrence 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 McKinley Mountain Area, Custer County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:430780
Long-form Identifier:1:3:430780:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Microcline in this Region
Atomic Mountain Claim (Atomic Mountain; Starbuck; General Ike; Thorium Mountain Claims; Nightengale; Mystery; Lucky Find), McKinley Mountain Area, Custer County, Colorado, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘAtomic Mountain Claim (Atomic Mountain; Starbuck; General Ike; Thorium Mountain Claims; Nightengale; Mystery; Lucky Find), McKinley Mountain Area, Custer County, Colorado, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘOak Creek Grade Prospect (Basin Ranch), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘLast Hope Occurrence, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
14.9km (9.3 miles) ⓘBeardsley Deposit (Zabel-Beardsley Lease), Custer County, Colorado, USA
15.2km (9.4 miles) ⓘIron Mountain Mine (Iron Mountain Deposit; Iron Mountain Titaniferous Magnetite Deposit), McClure Mountain Complex, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘPine Creek drainage (Pine Gulch), Gem Park complex, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘRoyal Gorge Quarry, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘBorder Feldspar Prospect No. 1 and No. 2, Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘLorain Pegmatite, Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
24.0km (14.9 miles) ⓘColfelco No. 12 Pegmatite Occurrence, Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
References
Eckel, Edwin Butt; Cobban, Robert R.; Mosburg, Shirley K.; Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
 
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