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Muscovite from
X-Ray Mine (Little Gem), Black Canyon Spring, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:Present as an alteration product in the hanging wall.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view X-Ray Mine (Little Gem), Black Canyon Spring, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:992680
Long-form Identifier:1:3:992680:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
15.8km (9.8 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
15.9km (9.9 miles) Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) Waterfall prospect, Cuna Spring, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
19.0km (11.8 miles) Birch Creek, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
28.3km (17.6 miles) Inspiration prospect, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
28.3km (17.6 miles) Spark Plug Nos 1-2 prospect (Milner Creek; Colton Mine), Mount Barcroft, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
30.6km (19.0 miles) Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
32.4km (20.1 miles) Pacific Mine, Indian Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) Key & Sanger Pyrophyllite deposit (Pyrophyllite Mine; Marguerite group; White Swan group), White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
40.6km (25.2 miles) White Horse mine, Palmetto Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
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