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Muscovite from
Half Moon Mine (Halfmoon prospect; Payoff group), Mayer, Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai 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 Half Moon Mine (Halfmoon prospect; Payoff group), Mayer, Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:997236
Long-form Identifier:1:3:997236:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘStoddard Mine (Patented claims MS 439-440), Mayer, Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘCopper Queen Mine, Mayer, Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘBinghampton Mine, Mayer, Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘLittle Egypt Mine, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘPocahontas Mine (Pocahontas Copper Queen Mining Co. Mine; Copper Dome claims; Patented claims MS 1746; Claims MS 4624), Mayer, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) ⓘTri-Metals Mine, Mayer, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘHuron Mine (Old Huron Mine; Montezuma and Huron patents MS 1673; Huron-Montezuma Mine; Swindler Mine; Huron-Victor-Swindler-Montezuma prospects), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) ⓘButternut Mine (Claims MS 1434 and 3768; Good Luck group), Big Bug, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘIron King Mine (Lime Rock Patented claim 1714; Copper Platter Patented claim 1714; Patented claims 1714), Humboldt, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
9.7km (6.1 miles) ⓘMcCabe-Gladstone Mine (McCabe Mine; Gladstone Mine; Monopolist claim; Sink To Rise claim; Gladstone claim), Silver Belt-McCabe vein, Galena Gulch area, McCabe, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10027251, MRDS ID #M002630.
 
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