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Muscovite from
Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:Occurs in schist and quartzite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:151288
Long-form Identifier:1:3:151288:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘJensen Quarry, Jurupa Mountains, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
20.3km (12.6 miles) ⓘCajalco Mine (Cajalco Tin Mine; Cajalco Dumortierite occurrence), El Cerrito, Riverside County, California, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘTemescal Tin Mine (Cajalco Tin Mine; Temescal Mine; Temescal Tin District), El Cerrito, Riverside County, California, USA
31.8km (19.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed Mica occurrence [5], Stoddard Peak, San Bernardino County, California, USA
33.2km (20.6 miles) ⓘCascade Canyon, San Bernardino County, California, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) ⓘCascade Canyon, Los Angeles County, California, USA
35.5km (22.1 miles) ⓘSouthern Pacific Silica Quarry (Southern Pacific deposit; Nuevo Mine; Southern Pacific Quarry; S.P. Silica Quarry; S.P. Mine; Nuevo Quarry), Nuevo, Lakeview Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
38.8km (24.1 miles) ⓘLake View prospect (Lakeview prospect), Lake Elsinore, Pinacate Mining District, Riverside County, California, USA
43.9km (27.3 miles) ⓘWrightwood, San Bernardino County, California, USA
48.5km (30.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed Corundum occurrences [2], Soboba Hot Springs (Ritchey Hot Springs; White Sulphur Spring), San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
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