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Muscovite from
St. Louis Mine (Morning Star Mine; Isabel), St. Louis Gulch, Hughes Gulch, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA


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Muscovite, etc.

St. Louis Mine, St. Louis Gulch, Hughes Gulch, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
04050330017364167625415.jpg
Muscovite, etc.

St. Louis Mine, St. Louis Gulch, Hughes Gulch, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
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Muscovite, etc.

St. Louis Mine, St. Louis Gulch, Hughes Gulch, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view St. Louis Mine (Morning Star Mine; Isabel), St. Louis Gulch, Hughes Gulch, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:999921
Long-form Identifier:1:3:999921:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘYuba Mine (Inghram Mine), Hughes Gulch, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘOld Baldy prospects, Littleshot Camp, Madera Canyon, Old Baldy Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘCurtis Mine, Frijole claim group, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘOmega Mine, Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘRidley Mine, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘEureka Mine (Eureka claim), Elephant Head group of claims (Tremaine-Daniels group), Mount Hopkins, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
16.1km (10.0 miles) ⓘElephant Head group of claims (Tremaine-Daniels group), Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘChief Mine, Prince Mine group, Hilton Mines, Copper Camp, Hilton (Lead Mountain), Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) ⓘJersey Girl Mine (Jersey Girl prospect), Toluachi group of claims (Toluachi group; Bonanza tunnel; Tennantite claim), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘPauline Mine, Mount Fagan, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10039494, MRDS ID #M050166.
Luetcke, Rolf (n.d.) Personal communication.
 
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