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Muscovite from
Childs-Adwinkle Mine (Childs and Altwilkle Mine; Childs-Aldwinkle Mine), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:Occurs in altered country rock.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Childs-Adwinkle Mine (Childs and Altwilkle Mine; Childs-Aldwinkle Mine), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:989573
Long-form Identifier:1:3:989573:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed copper prospect (8), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘOld Reliable Mine (Reliable Mine; Calumet Mine; Clark-Scanlon group; Copper Creek Mining Co. property), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed copper prospect (10), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘCopper Prince Mine, Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘAmerican Eagle Mine (American Eagle Basin), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘGlory Hole Mine (Globe Mine; Patented claims MS 2620), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘBlue Bird Mine (Bluebird Mine; Zilla Mine; Twin-S Mine; Cumberland Mine; Thornewood Mine; Blue Bird Silver Mining Co. property), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed copper prospect (46), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘMohawk Mine, Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘMammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
Kuhn, Truman H. (1938), AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 145: 127-130
 
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