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Muscovite from
Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Deposit
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 Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1013926
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1013926:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Muscovite in this Region
Cactus Gold Mine (Blue Eagle Mine; Middle Buttes Mine; Cactus Mine; Cactus Queen Mine; Shumake deposit; Shumake Mine), Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
0.2km (0.2 miles) ⓘCactus Gold Mine (Blue Eagle Mine; Middle Buttes Mine; Cactus Mine; Cactus Queen Mine; Shumake deposit; Shumake Mine), Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
43.3km (26.9 miles) ⓘHogan-Mallery Tin Mine (Hogan-Mallery Meek Mine; Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Mine), Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
45.5km (28.3 miles) ⓘBlue Point Mine (Blue Point deposits), Sugarloaf, Kern County, California, USA
46.2km (28.7 miles) ⓘDeem Flagstone Quarry (Deem Mine), Bee Canyon, Agua Dulce Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, USA
50.8km (31.6 miles) ⓘBouquet Canyon Quarry (Pyle Quarry), Bouquet Canyon, Green Valley, Sierra Pelona Mts (Sierra Pelona Range), Los Angeles County, California, USA
55.6km (34.6 miles) ⓘKramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
62.6km (38.9 miles) ⓘApex prospect (Apex deposit), Acton, Acton District, Los Angeles County, California, USA
62.7km (38.9 miles) ⓘDorothy Ann Mine (Dorothy Ann claim), Acton, Acton District, Los Angeles County, California, USA
62.7km (39.0 miles) ⓘMica I (Mica claim), Acton, Acton District, Los Angeles County, California, USA
66.9km (41.6 miles) ⓘPlacerita Canyon, Placerita Canyon State Park, Los Angeles County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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