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Muscovite from
Castle Dome Mine (Castle Dome deposit; Pinto Valley deposit), Castle Dome area (Castle Dome Mine area; Pinto Valley Mine area), Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, 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 Castle Dome Mine (Castle Dome deposit; Pinto Valley deposit), Castle Dome area (Castle Dome Mine area; Pinto Valley Mine area), Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:990335
Long-form Identifier:1:3:990335:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
3.6km (2.3 miles) ⓘCactus property, Pinto Creek, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
4.3km (2.6 miles) ⓘ64 group (Sixty-Four group), Powers Gulch, Gila County, Arizona, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘLive Oak pit, Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
5.1km (3.1 miles) ⓘBronx Mine (Bronx property; Bronx Copper property), Pinto Creek, Top of the World area, Pinal Mountains Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘGabitzsch-Owens Mine (Gabitzsch-Owens Tungsten group), Top of the World, Summit Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
6.2km (3.8 miles) ⓘBoyle group No. 1 & 2, Pinal Mountains Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) ⓘRainbow group (Clark prospect; Clark claims), Powers Gulch, Top of the World, Summit Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) ⓘInspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘMiami Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) ⓘMiami East Mine, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
References
Schwartz, George Melvin (1947) Hydrothermal alteration in the "porphyry copper" deposits. Economic Geology, 42 (4) 319-352 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.42.4.319
Creasey, Saville Cyrus (1959) Some phase relations in the hydrothermally altered rocks of porphyry copper deposits. Economic Geology, 54 (3) 351-373 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.54.3.351
Peterson, N.P. (1962), Geology and ore deposits of the Globe-Miami district, AZ, USGS PP 342: 77
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.309
 
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