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Montroseite from
Bitter Creek Mine, Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA

Description
Type Locality:	Bitter Creek Mine, Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA is the type locality for Montroseite
Comments:	The Bitter Creek mine is the type locality for montroseite (Weeks and others, 1950, 1953). The microscopic, bladed prismatic crystals and compact crystalline aggregates of montroseite were also noted by Heyl (1957).
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	"Mmer,Min.(1951) 36, 326-327 (abstract); Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", p. 336, by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997; USGS Bull 1042F
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Montroseite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Bitter Creek Mine, Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA

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