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Microcline from
Unnamed pegmatite, Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Pegmatite
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 Unnamed pegmatite, Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:488592
Long-form Identifier:1:3:488592:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘMocking Bird Claim (Little Joe), Hayden Pass Area, Saguache County, Colorado, USA
25.4km (15.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed Uranium - Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10013132), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
25.6km (15.9 miles) ⓘHoward prospects, Howard, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
26.3km (16.4 miles) ⓘMcCoy prospects, Cotopaxi Pegmatite area, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
28.1km (17.5 miles) ⓘOgden prospect, Cotopaxi Pegmatite area, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
28.3km (17.6 miles) ⓘKnob Hill prospect (Knob Hill pegmatite), Howard, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
29.8km (18.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed No. 2 Pegmatite Occurrence (MRDS - 10010898), Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
30.1km (18.7 miles) ⓘCotopaxi Mine (Cotopaxi lode; Gumaer Mine; Fannie lode; Fannie Mill), Mine Gulch, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘMine Gulch, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘSchaaf prospect, Cotopaxi Pegmatite area, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi 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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