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Microcline from
Chief lithium pegmatite, Texas Creek Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chief lithium pegmatite, Texas Creek Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:35018
Long-form Identifier:1:3:35018:1
GUID (UUID V4):0924ac6d-fa00-4f7e-af1e-cd50f3baa76b
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
1.2km (0.7 miles) Devil's Hole Mine, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) Bull Ridge Mine, Texas Creek Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
8.3km (5.1 miles) Pine Ridge pegmatite, Cotopaxi Pegmatite area, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) Colorado Feldspar Pegmatite, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
9.9km (6.1 miles) Spikebuck Mine, McIntyre Hills Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) Cotopaxi prospect (Sand Gulch prospect), Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
10.7km (6.6 miles) Cotopaxi Feldspar Mine (Cotopaxi Feldspar prospect; Henry pegmatite), Cotopaxi Pegmatite area, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
10.9km (6.7 miles) Carson Mining Company Prospect, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) Horsepasture Pegmatites Occurrence, Lookout Mountain Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) Jim 3 Mine, Lookout Mountain Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TANUARY FEBRUARY, 1965 THE CHIEF LITHIUM PEGMATITE, DEVILS HOLE, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO1 E. Wu. HnrNnrcu...Ann Arbor, Michigan Alsrnacr Itrnooucrrol The chief pegmatiteis in the SE. ], Sec.17, T. 1g S., R. 73...north of the well-known Devils Hote (lingneim) pegmatite (Hanley et aI.,1950).The depositlies approximatelr...approximatelr.-five miies north of the post officeof Texas creek, which is on the south side of the Antelope...canon city, colorado. However, Iithium minerals were rumored to have been found in this area as early as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz. A Lithium-Bearing Pegmatite in the Clear Creek District, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO In all of...contain lithium minerals. Recently a lithiumbearing pegmatite has been rediscovered in the Clear Creek district...district on the east flank of Mt. Evans. This pegmatite, the Bald Mountain tourmaline prospect, contains...green tour­ maline in the Denver Mountain Parks area on June 25, 1939. The Bald Mountain tourmaline prospect...of the pegmatite occur at the road cut. Mineral enthusiasts should be aware that the pegmatite is located
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 19:27 25 December 2014 Figure 4. Microcline and quartz, 9.9 cm across, Tree Root Pocket,... Two Point claim, Pikes Peak batholith, Teller County. The Collector’s Edge specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Mail Stop 150, Box 25046 Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 pmodreski@usgs.gov C olorado is, of course...been written as guides to mineral collecting in Colorado. A classic, which went through three major editions...1951 version with a slightly different title), is Colorado Gem Trails and Mineral Guide, by Pearl (1951,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
traskite, verplanckite and muirite from Fresno County, California Stinson, NI. C. and Matthews, R. A... Seven new barium miuerals from eastern Fresno County, Californier (abs.) 1.2+ 2r0+ 278 273 Stinson... Seven new barium minerals from eastern Fresno County, California AJlan, D. with Brown, V. (Book 314...alkalic rocks of the Arkansas River Area, Fremont Countyr Colorado. 2. Fetid gas from car1972 bonatite...seven new, Barium (Hubbard) from eastern Fresno County, 2040 (Alfors, Aplite-pegmatites, composite, of
Report (issue)
Survey Denver, Colorado Department of Geology, Denver Museum of Natural History Denver, Colorado NOTE FOR...revision of U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel By Donley...Prepared in cooperation with Friends of Mineralogy - Colorado Chaptar, and the Denver Museum of Natural History...references dealing with the mineralogy of the state of Colorado. It is part of a more than 10 year effort to update...and revise U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado: A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel (1961).
Journal (issue)
available. 1 4 2 2 N. HANCOCK, SUITES 1, 2 & 3, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. 8 0 9 0 3 The Mineralogical Record...additions to our thumbnail stock; locations—Bolivia, Colorado, Europe, South Africa. NEW f r e e ca ta lo g...Bavaria, Germany (1) Blue Chihuahua mine, San Diego County, 57-59% California (2) 67-80% Poland, Maine (3)...hydroxyl-herderite end member. According to Jack Lowell, of Colorado Gem and Mineral Company, during the summer of...associated with albite instead of the buff-colored microcline of the 1976 discovery and are also notable in
 
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