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Muscovite from
Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


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 Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:195489
Long-form Identifier:1:3:195489:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Muscovite in this Region
David Bell Mine, Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Golden Giant Mine, Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Williams Mine (Page Williams Mine), Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘGolden Giant Mine, Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘWilliams Mine (Page Williams Mine), Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘDavid Bell Mine, Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘFearless-Python property, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
30.8km (19.1 miles) ⓘWhite River area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
31.9km (19.8 miles) ⓘFleck occurrence (American Brass; Two Duck Lake), O'Neill Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
52.0km (32.3 miles) ⓘGeco Mine, Gemmell Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
55.5km (34.5 miles) ⓘColdwell complex, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
67.1km (41.7 miles) ⓘSugar Zone deposit, Hambleton Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
References
Weiß, Stefan (1992) Neue Mineralien [New minerals]. Lapis, 17 (2) 38-39
Fleet, Michael E., Seller, Michael H. (1997) Rare earth elements, protoliths, and alteration at the Hemlo gold deposit, Ontario, Canada, and comparison with argillic and sericitic alteration in the Highland Valley porphyry district, British Columbia, Canada. Economic Geology, 92 (5) 551-568 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.92.5.551
 
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