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Muscovite from
Copper Mountain Mine (Salt Lake Copper Company), Box Elder County, Utah, 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 Copper Mountain Mine (Salt Lake Copper Company), Box Elder County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:999137
Long-form Identifier:1:3:999137:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘTecoma Hill North Occurrence, Tecoma Hill, Box Elder County, Utah, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘTecoma Hill No. 15 Mine, Tecoma Hill, Box Elder County, Utah, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘTecoma Mine (Old Tecoma Mine), Tecoma Hill, Box Elder County, Utah, USA
20.2km (12.6 miles) ⓘIrish Boy claims (Empire; Lee mine), Tecoma Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
45.9km (28.5 miles) ⓘIndian Springs Tungsten Mine (Gamble Ranch Mine; Ludwig Tungsten Mine; Tunnel Mine), Delano Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
52.9km (32.9 miles) ⓘLong Canyon Deposit, Pequop Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
54.8km (34.1 miles) ⓘDesert Flower No. 1 Mine (Pact Rat Canyon Prospect), Newfoundland Mining District, Newfoundland Mountains, Box Elder County, Utah, USA
80.4km (50.0 miles) ⓘVipont Mine, Ashbrook Mining District, Grouse Creek Mts (Grouse Creek Range), Box Elder County, Utah, USA
85.4km (53.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed prospect (MRDS10046081), Contact Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
85.7km (53.3 miles) ⓘProspect (MRDS10046083), Contact Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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