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Muscovite from
Bald Mountain pegmatite (Evans Ranch), Upper Bear Creek, Bald Mountain, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Pegmatite
Notes:Visited pegmatite and owner of property let me know to not dig there and that the park up the road has similar rules.
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bald Mountain pegmatite (Evans Ranch), Upper Bear Creek, Bald Mountain, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:435591
Long-form Identifier:1:3:435591:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘGrover Mine (Grover pegmatite; Windsor), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘSeven Hills - Yetter Ranch Pegmatite Occurrence, Clear Creek Pegmatite Province, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
12.3km (7.6 miles) ⓘSwede - Kerr Gulches Pegmatites, Clear Creek Pegmatite Province, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
12.6km (7.8 miles) ⓘBurroughs Mine (Traut-Rudin-Anderson Pegmatite; Sunrise Peak Mine), Clear Creek pegmatite Province, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
13.1km (8.1 miles) ⓘAjax Mica Mine (Floyd Hill Mica Mine), Clear Creek Pegmatite Province, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
13.1km (8.2 miles) ⓘJewelry Shop Mine (West Gold Mine; Sylvanite Mine), Lamartine Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
13.6km (8.5 miles) ⓘDevils Canyon, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
14.4km (8.9 miles) ⓘRoscoe Beryl Mine (Roscoe pegmatite), Clear Creek pegmatite Province, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘStanley Mine (Gehrmann; Cooper; York; Whale; Golden Link), Idaho Springs Mining District (Virginia Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
16.0km (9.9 miles) ⓘCentennial Cone pegmatite (K. L. Green Ranch), Centennial Cone, Clear Creek pegmatite Province, Jefferson 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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