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Key & Sanger Pyrophyllite deposit (Pyrophyllite Mine; Marguerite group; White Swan group), White Mountain Peak, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA

Latitude: 37°38'43"N
Longitude: 118°20'24"W

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A talc-soapstone (pyrophyllite) occurrence/prospect located in T3S, R33E, MDM, 7.5 km (4.7 miles) W of White Mountain Peak, on the western margin of the White Mountains, on National Forest land. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 10,000 meters.

Local rocks include Mesozoic volcanic rocks, unit 3 (Mojave Desert, Death Valley area, and Eastern Sierra Nevada).

Workings include unspecified surface openings/operations.

Mineral List

Muscovite
var: Sericite

1 entry listed.

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References

Wright, L.A. (1957b) Pyrophyllite. California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 176: 455-458.

Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 426.

USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10164640.

U.S. Bureau of Mines, Minerals Availability System (MAS) file ID #0060510119.

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