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Albite from
Bald Mountain pegmatite (Evans Ranch), Upper Bear Creek, Bald Mountain, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Pegmatite
Notes:Visited pegmatite and owner of property let me know to not dig there and that the park up the road has similar rules.
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bald Mountain pegmatite (Evans Ranch), Upper Bear Creek, Bald Mountain, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:997178
Long-form Identifier:1:3:997178:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘGrover Mine (Grover pegmatite; Windsor), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
10.7km (6.6 miles) ⓘOld Soda Creek School Pegmatite, Clear Creek Pegmatite Province, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
12.6km (7.8 miles) ⓘBurroughs Mine (Traut-Rudin-Anderson Pegmatite; Sunrise Peak Mine), Clear Creek pegmatite Province, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
13.1km (8.1 miles) ⓘAjax Mica Mine (Floyd Hill Mica Mine), Clear Creek Pegmatite Province, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘHarris Park, Park County, Colorado, USA
16.0km (9.9 miles) ⓘCentennial Cone pegmatite (K. L. Green Ranch), Centennial Cone, Clear Creek pegmatite Province, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
19.7km (12.2 miles) ⓘRobinson Gulch pegmatite, Clear Creek pegmatite Province, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
22.0km (13.6 miles) ⓘBigger Mica Mine (Sweitzer Lode), Clear Creek pegmatite Province, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
23.9km (14.8 miles) ⓘCressmans Gulch Mine (Cressmans Gulch pegmatite), Clear Creek pegmatite Province, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
29.3km (18.2 miles) ⓘSeerie pegmatite (Cooper pegmatite), South Platte Pegmatite Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
References
Eckel, Edwin Butt; Cobban, Robert R.; Mosburg, Shirley K.; Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
 
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