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Muscovite from
Mayday Mine, Anvil Mountain, Silverton, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
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 Mayday Mine, Anvil Mountain, Silverton, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:736695
Long-form Identifier:1:3:736695:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘBrooklyn Mine, Brown's Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
5.9km (3.6 miles) ⓘSultan Mountain, Silverton, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
7.5km (4.7 miles) ⓘLongfellow Mine, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘIdarado Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘSunnyside Mine group, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘRuby Mine, Galena Mountain, Howardsville, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
12.3km (7.6 miles) ⓘOphir Valley occurrence (New Dominion; Nevada Gulch; Silver Tip Lower Yellow Jacket; Chapman Gulch), Ophir, Ophir Mining District (Iron Springs Mining District), San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘRidgway Mine, Galena Mountain, Howardsville, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
13.3km (8.2 miles) ⓘVermillion, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
13.4km (8.3 miles) ⓘTom Moore Lode, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
References
Mark R. Stanton (2000) The Role of Weathering in Trace Metal Distributions in Subsurface Samples from the Mayday Mine Dump nearSilverton, Colorado. Proceedings from the Fifth International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage published by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Inc., Littleton, Colorado. pp1501-1509
 
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