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Muscovite from
Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:Constituent of the pegmatite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:548909
Long-form Identifier:1:3:548909:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘDetroit City Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) ⓘLondon Mine, London Mountain, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘClimax Mine, Climax, Climax Mining District, Lake County, Colorado, USA
19.1km (11.8 miles) ⓘBald Mountain, Park County, Colorado, USA
22.4km (13.9 miles) ⓘTurquoise Chief Mine (Poor Boy), St. Kevin - Independence, Lake County, Colorado, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘLakewood Mine, St. Kevin - Independence, Lake County, Colorado, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘJessie Mine (B and B Mines Inc), Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
23.9km (14.8 miles) ⓘSt. Kevin Occurrence, St. Kevin - Independence, Lake County, Colorado, USA
23.9km (14.9 miles) ⓘTurquoise Lake Occurrence, St. Kevin - Independence, Lake County, Colorado, USA
24.7km (15.3 miles) ⓘLaplander tunnel, St. Kevin - Independence, Lake County, Colorado, USA
References
Bartos, P.J., Nelson, E.P., and Misantoni, D. (2007): Mineralium Deposita 42, 235-250.
 
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