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Muscovite from
New Method Mine, Amboy area, Bristol Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, 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 New Method Mine, Amboy area, Bristol Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:770583
Long-form Identifier:1:3:770583:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
22.4km (13.9 miles) ⓘSilver Lode prospect, Granite Mts [2], San Bernardino County, California, USA
69.1km (42.9 miles) ⓘMusic Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
73.3km (45.6 miles) ⓘU-Thor claims (Unnamed U deposit; U-Thor deposit), Music Valley deposit (Music Valley Rare Earth deposit), Music Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
74.3km (46.2 miles) ⓘLeiser Ray Mine (Lester Ray-Goffs Mine; Camp Signal Mine; Vanadium King Mine), Signal Hill, Piute Range [N], Signal Mining District (Vontrigger Mining District), San Bernardino County, California, USA
80.6km (50.1 miles) ⓘRose Property Sericite pit (Sericite Mine; Sericite pit), Drum Peak, Vanderbilt District (New York District), New York Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
83.5km (51.9 miles) ⓘEagle Mountain Mine (Eagle Mountain Iron Mine; Eagle Mountain Iron deposit; Kaiser Steel Corp.), Eagle Mountain, Eagle Mountains Mining District (Monte Negro Mining District), Eagle Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
83.7km (52.0 miles) ⓘAga Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
84.4km (52.4 miles) ⓘOtto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
84.4km (52.4 miles) ⓘBird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
84.5km (52.5 miles) ⓘRidge Ledge prospect, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
Otton, James K.
Glanzman, Richard K.
Brenner-Tourtelot, Elizabeth F. (1980) Uranium, rare-earth and thorium mineralization at the Hope Mine, eastern Bristol Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. USGS Open file report 80-821.
 
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