| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Microcline |
| Formula: | K(AlSi3O8) |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Schorl | ⓘ1 photo of Microcline associated with Schorl at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Microcline associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Microcline data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Ben Murphy Mica Mine, Scaggsville, Howard County, Maryland, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 202012 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:202012:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 989aa4bb-d304-4568-83e9-e4e46cfe73c9 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Microcline |
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| 4.2km (2.6 miles) | ⓘParlet Prospect, Simpsonville, Howard County, Maryland, USA |
| 10.8km (6.7 miles) | ⓘPaint Branch, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA |
| 12.1km (7.5 miles) | ⓘKensington Mica Mine (Gilmore Mine; B. H. Warner Mine), Wheaton, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA |
| 17.7km (11.0 miles) | ⓘWeber's Quarry, Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland, USA |
| 18.1km (11.3 miles) | ⓘMount Saint Clement College Quarry, Ilchester, Howard County, Maryland, USA |
| 20.5km (12.7 miles) | ⓘFrost Quarry, Davis, Howard County, Maryland, USA |
| 20.7km (12.9 miles) | ⓘArlington No. 2 Quarry, Howard County, Maryland, USA |
| 20.8km (12.9 miles) | ⓘArlington No. 1 Quarry, Howard County, Maryland, USA |
| 22.2km (13.8 miles) | ⓘHollofield Feldspar Quarries, Hollofield, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA |
| 26.9km (16.7 miles) | ⓘMarriottsville Quarry, Hernwood, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA |
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 | | Report (issue) | | ^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...of the Baltimore Gabbro Complex at Ilchester, Maryland. Figure 6. Triassic diabase dike forming a ridge...Arundel, Prince George's/and Baltimore Counties, Maryland (Sterrett, 1911). Figure 9. Distribution of |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | Book | | Pennsylvania___ _ _ _ 1 _ 2 _ 2 1 CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...n g y e l l o w " c o l o r " i n y o u r pan. Maryland: M o n t g o m e r y, Frederick, H o w a r d ...n d a n assortment o f fossils. Photograph b y Maryland Board o f Natural Resources. 2 K e n t u c k...Washington D.C. area visit Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical |  | | Book | | Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri...photographs of gemstones were made possible by Howard and Hazel Michael, of Y reka, California, who opened...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least...and abandoned, one is also sure to find extensive mine dumps sloping steeply down from the shaft or tunnel...prodvced by atmospheric oxidation, can be found. Old mine dumps often reveal a varied assortment of brightly |
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