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Biotite from
Three Musketeers Mine, Ellsworth Mining District, Granite Wash Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Three Musketeers Mine, Ellsworth Mining District, Granite Wash Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:525207
Long-form Identifier:1:3:525207:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
53.1km (33.0 miles) Mariquitta Mine, Middle Camp Mountain, Middle Camp-Oro Fino Mining District, Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
56.9km (35.4 miles) Mammoth prospect, La Paz Mining District (Weaver Mining District), Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
58.0km (36.1 miles) Orocopia Schist Subduction Channel, Eagletail Mts (Cemetary Ridge), La Paz County, Arizona, USA
63.4km (39.4 miles) North Star Mine (Northstar Mine), Kofa Mining District, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
65.9km (40.9 miles) Goldbug Mine, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
78.5km (48.8 miles) Olea claims, Greenwood Mining District, Poachie Range, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
82.7km (51.4 miles) Jeep claims, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
85.1km (52.9 miles) Dutch Flat Mine, Dutch Flat, Chemehuevis Mining District, Mohave Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
91.9km (57.1 miles) Unnamed Au-W occurrence [1], Dutch Flat, Chemehuevis Mining District, Mohave Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
97.0km (60.3 miles) Big Strike Mica deposit (Space Age Mica Mine; Richard Jonathon 1-3 claims), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
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