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Microcline from
Blue Mountain Quarry (Unimin Quarry), Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Quarry
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 Blue Mountain Quarry (Unimin Quarry), Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:509610
Long-form Identifier:1:3:509610:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘNephton Quarry (Craig Pit; American Nepheline Co. Mine), Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘRoadcut along Regional Road 46, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
27.8km (17.3 miles) ⓘCoe Hill Gold occurrences, Wollaston Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
32.5km (20.2 miles) ⓘDyno Mine, Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
36.2km (22.5 miles) ⓘBicroft Mine, Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
37.1km (23.1 miles) ⓘCanada Radium Mine, Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
37.7km (23.4 miles) ⓘWest Lake Mine, Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
38.2km (23.8 miles) ⓘMadawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
39.0km (24.2 miles) ⓘBentley Lake occurrence (Madawaska mine property), Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
39.6km (24.6 miles) ⓘGreyhawk Mine, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
References
Van Velthuizen, Jerry, Gault, Robert A., Robinson, George W., Scovil, Jeffrey A. (2006) Zeolite occurrences in the Central Metasedimentary Belt of the Grenville Province, Ontario, Quebec and New York State. The Mineralogical Record, 37 (4) 283-296
McLemore, V.T. (2006) Nepheline Syenite. In Industrial Minerals and Rocks (7th ed.) Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., Littleton, CO. p.653-670.
 
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