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Muscovite from
Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA


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Muscovite, etc.

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
05672290017668921865458.jpg
Muscovite, etc.

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
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Muscovite, etc.

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:Abundant. Forms veinlets with tourmaline and quartz.
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Quartz
Schorl
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz9
Scorzalite8
Svanbergite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:7933
Long-form Identifier:1:3:7933:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘPacific Mine, Indian Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘSpark Plug Nos 1-2 prospect (Milner Creek; Colton Mine), Mount Barcroft, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘInspiration prospect, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘKey & Sanger Pyrophyllite deposit (Pyrophyllite Mine; Marguerite group; White Swan group), White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
18.6km (11.6 miles) ⓘBlack Rock Mine (Black Rock Tungsten deposit), Black Rock Canyon, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
19.0km (11.8 miles) ⓘGranite Mine (Granite Coos; Hill Top; Coos; Patricia Sue), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘX-Ray Mine (Little Gem), Black Canyon Spring, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
37.3km (23.2 miles) ⓘWaterfall prospect, Cuna Spring, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
38.9km (24.2 miles) ⓘBishop Concentrate and Cleaning Company Mine (Bishop Tungsten Mines mill), Keough Hot Springs, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
41.8km (25.9 miles) ⓘBirch Creek, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
References
Gross, E.B. and Parwel, A. (1968) Rutile mineralization at the White Mountain andalusite deposit, California. Arkiv för Mineralogie och Geologi 4, No. 29: 493-497
Wise, William S. (1977) Mineralogy of the Champion Mine, White Mountains, California. The Mineralogical Record, 8 (6) 478-486pp.480-482
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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