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Muscovite from
Ord Mine (Ord Mercury Mine; Ord group; Indian claims), Slate Creek, Reno Pass, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Mazatzal Mountains Quicksilver Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:Occurs as an alteration product of phyllites in association with ore.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ord Mine (Ord Mercury Mine; Ord group; Indian claims), Slate Creek, Reno Pass, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Mazatzal Mountains Quicksilver Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:991430
Long-form Identifier:1:3:991430:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘJolene Mine (Cline Mine/claims; Jolene group; El Oso properties; Mazatzal group; Blue Bull Mine), Pine Mountain area, Mazatzal West Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
22.3km (13.9 miles) ⓘBreadpan claim (Breadpan area; Lothmann-Scorfian property), Flying W Ranch area, Spring Creek Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
22.6km (14.0 miles) ⓘEl Oso group of claims, Jolene Mine (Cline Mine/claims; Jolene group; El Oso properties; Mazatzal group; Blue Bull Mine), Pine Mountain area, Mazatzal West Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘOxbow Mine (Oxbow claim; Golden Wreath claim; Golden Wreath Mine; Osborn prospect), Oxbow Gulch, Moore Mountain area, Oxbow Estates, Payson Mining District (Green Valley Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA
28.3km (17.6 miles) ⓘGolden Wonder Mine (Eighty-Five claim; 85 Mine), Oxbow Estates, Payson Mining District (Green Valley Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA
30.9km (19.2 miles) ⓘRose Tungsten Mine (Rose Tungsten property; Shoestring property; S. Rose claims; Smith Mine; Smith property), Rock Creek Canyon, Jim Sam Butte area, Spring Creek area, Spring Creek Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
48.2km (30.0 miles) ⓘGold Cliff Mine, Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
60.8km (37.8 miles) ⓘWagner Mine (Wagner group of claims; Wagner Tungsten group; Pinto Tungsten Mine; Pinto Mining Co. claims; Friend in Need vein; Red Bird claims), Pinto Creek, Granite Mountain area, Gila County, Arizona, USA
65.2km (40.5 miles) ⓘApache Iron deposit, Apache Iron Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
65.6km (40.8 miles) ⓘChediski deposit (Chediski Hematite; Chediski Iron; Marley Ranch Iron), Chediski Farms (Marley Ranch), Apache Iron Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
References
Faick, J.N. (1958), Geology of the Ord mine, Mazatzal Mountains Quicksilver district, AZ, USGS Bull. 1042-R: 685, 695.
 
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