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Muscovite from
Nymagee Copper Mine, Nymagee, Mouramba Co., New South Wales, Australia


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 Nymagee Copper Mine, Nymagee, Mouramba Co., New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:959397
Long-form Identifier:1:3:959397:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘNorth Nymagee Copper Mine, Nymagee, Mouramba Co., New South Wales, Australia
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘHera Mine (Hera deposit), Nymagee, Mouramba Co., New South Wales, Australia
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘFederation Mine, Nymagee, Mouramba Co., New South Wales, Australia
17.4km (10.8 miles) ⓘWirlong Mine (Star Of The West Mine; The Great Wirlong), Shuttleton, Mouramba Co., New South Wales, Australia
20.1km (12.5 miles) ⓘCobar-Lyell Mine (Lyell prospect), Shuttleton, Mouramba Co., New South Wales, Australia
23.3km (14.5 miles) ⓘSouth Shuttleton Mine (Shuttleton Mine), Shuttleton, Mouramba Co., New South Wales, Australia
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘLowan North prospect, Shuttleton, Mouramba Co., New South Wales, Australia
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘRainbow Ridge prospect, Babinda, Flinders Co., New South Wales, Australia
31.5km (19.6 miles) ⓘRoad Shaft prospect, Harts Tank, Flinders Co., New South Wales, Australia
33.0km (20.5 miles) ⓘHenrys Hotel prospect, Harts Tank, Flinders Co., New South Wales, Australia
References
Gilligan, L.B.; Suppel, D.W. (1993) Nymagee Metallogenic Map 1:250 000. Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets SI/55-2. Geological Survey of New South Wales
Page, D.G. (2011) Geology of the Hera (Pb-Zn-Au) and Nymagee (Cu) deposits, New South Wales, Bachelor of Science (Honours) thesis, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong.
Fitzherbert, J.A., Blevin, P.L., McKinnon, A.R. (2017) Turbidite-hosted intrusion-related mineralisation in the Cobar Basin: New insights from the south. Sixth Mines & Wines: Discoveries in the Tasminides 2017, Australian Institute of Geoscientists, AIG Bulletin 67.
 
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