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Adularia from
Schwartzwalder Mine (Ralston Creek Mine), Ralston Buttes Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:K Feldspar var: Adularia
Formula:KAlSi3O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Adularia data
Locality Data:Click here to view Schwartzwalder Mine (Ralston Creek Mine), Ralston Buttes Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:433134
Long-form Identifier:1:3:433134:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Adularia
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘUnion Pacific Shaft Occurrence (Union Pacific Prospect), Ralston Buttes Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘLadwig Group (Ladwig No. 2; Ladwig No. 3; Claims: Ladwig No. 1), Ralston Buttes Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘBlack Hawk No. 2 vein, Boulder County Tungsten Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
23.1km (14.4 miles) ⓘCold Spring Mine, Boulder County Tungsten Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
26.6km (16.5 miles) ⓘRooks County occurrence, Apex Mining District (Kingston Mining District; Pine Mining District), Gilpin County, Colorado, USA
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘEnterprise Vein Occurrence, Eldora, Caribou Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘInvincible (Baltimore; Brighton; Silver Link; Blackwood; Alpine; Roca; Brownell; Frelland; Lance; Mint; Mammoth; Belle Creole; Ariadne; Diamond Mt.; Miller; Cecil; Falcon; Harrisburg; C. M. Welch), Lamartine Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
40.3km (25.0 miles) ⓘGeorgetown-Silver Plume Mining District (Griffith Mining District; Silver Plume Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
References
USGS Open-File Report 83-417
Page, Lincoln R., Stocking, Hobart E., Smith, Harriet B. (1956) Contributions to the geology of uranium and thorium by the United States Geological Survey and Atomic Energy Commission for the United Nations International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland, 1955. Professional Paper 300. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp300
Eckel, Edwin Butt; Cobban, Robert R.; Mosburg, Shirley K.; Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
 
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