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Muscovite from Shoofly-Olds Ferry Domain, North America Plate

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Mariposite, etc.

Mariposa County, California, USA
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Mariposite

Mariposa County, California, USA
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Mariposite, etc.

Morgan Mine, Columbia, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
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Mariposite, etc.

Morgan Mine, Columbia, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
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Mariposite, etc.

Mariposa County, California, USA
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Mariposite

Mariposa County, California, USA
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Mariposite, etc.

Morgan Mine, Columbia, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
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Mariposite, etc.

Morgan Mine, Columbia, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
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Mariposite, etc.

Mariposa County, California, USA
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Mariposite

Mariposa County, California, USA
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Mariposite, etc.

Morgan Mine, Columbia, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
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Mariposite, etc.

Morgan Mine, Columbia, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
USA
 
  • California
    • Amador County
      • East Belt
        • Pine Grove Mining District
          • Pine Grove
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • Fiddletown Mining District (Oleta Mining District)
        • River Pines
Ech Noch Collection
Rose, Robert L. (1959) Tertiary Volcanic Domes near Jackson, California, Special Report 60, California Division of Mines, 1959
    • Calaveras County
      • Angels Camp Mining District
        • Angels Camp
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
[var. Sericite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District)
/www.museumca.org/goldrush/dist-carsonhill.html.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
        • Melones
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
Murdoch, Joseph, Webb, Robert W. (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. p.1-559.
Knopf, Adolf (1929), The Mother Lode system of California: USGS Professional Paper 157, 88 pp: 38
      • East Belt
        • Mountain Ranch Mining District
          • Cave City
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
          • Mountain Ranch
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
          • Quiggs Mountain
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
        • Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District)
          • La Honda Park
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
    • Lassen County
      • Diamond Mountain
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • Hayden Hill Mining District
        • Hayden Hill [town]
          • Hayden Hill [summit]
[var. Illite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Bowen, O.E., Jr. & C.H. Gray, Jr. (1957), Mines and mineral deposits of Mariposa County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 53(1&2): 34-343
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 425.
      • East Belt
        • Jerseydale Mining District
          • Sweetwater Point
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • Fish Camp
        • Silver Knob
[var. Barium-Vanadium-Muscovite] Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Snetsinger, Kenneth G. (1966) Barium-vanadium muscovite and vanadium tourmaline from Mariposa County, California. American Mineralogist, 51 (11-12) 1623-1639
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 425-426.
    • Modoc County
      • Warner Mountains
        • Squaw Peak
Ross, C.P. (1941) Some quicksilver prospects in adjacent parts of Nevada, California and Oregon. USGS Bulletin 931-B: 28-30.
    • Mono County
      • Bodie Hills
        • Bodie Mining District
          • Bodie
[var. Sericite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
    • Nevada County
Shawe, D. R. (1996) Characterization of mineral deposits in rocks of the Triassic to Jurassic magmatic arc of western Nevada and eastern California. USGS Open File report 96-6
Doebrich, J. L.
Garside, L. J.
    • Placer County
      • Ralston Divide Mining District
Tony Charlton
    • Plumas County
      • Grizzly Peak
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • Plumas Copper Belt
        • Taylorsville Mining District
          • Moonlight Peak
Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., Moring, B.C. (2008) Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. Open-File Report 2008-1155
      • Thompson Peak
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
    • Shasta County
      • Klamath Mountains
        • East Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District
A.I.M.E. Transactions: 48: 67-117 (1915)]: 98
          • Ingot
[var. Sericite] Econ Geol (1988) 83:588-605
[var. Sericite] Econ Geol (1988) 83:588-605
        • French Gulch Mining District
          • French Gulch
Taylor, R. D., Morgan, L. E., Jourdan, F., Monecke, T., Marsh, E. E., & Goldfarb, R. J. (2021). Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous orogenic gold mineralization in the Klamath Mountains, California: Constraints from 40Ar/39Ar dating of hydrothermal muscovite. Ore Geology Reviews, 104661.
        • Old Diggings Mining District
          • Whitehouse
Taylor, R. D., Morgan, L. E., Jourdan, F., Monecke, T., Marsh, E. E., & Goldfarb, R. J. (2021). Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous orogenic gold mineralization in the Klamath Mountains, California: Constraints from 40Ar/39Ar dating of hydrothermal muscovite. Ore Geology Reviews, 104661.
        • West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District
          • Backbone District
            • Bohemotash Mountain
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
            • Mammoth Butte
              • Copper Crest group
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
[var. Sericite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
[var. Sericite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
          • Sugarloaf Mountain [3]
[var. Sericite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • Redding Mining District
        • Redding
Taylor, R. D., Morgan, L. E., Jourdan, F., Monecke, T., Marsh, E. E., & Goldfarb, R. J. (2021). Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous orogenic gold mineralization in the Klamath Mountains, California: Constraints from 40Ar/39Ar dating of hydrothermal muscovite. Ore Geology Reviews, 104661.
    • Siskiyou County
      • Klamath Mountains
        • Callahan Mining District (Scott River Mining District)
          • Sugar Hill
Taylor, R. D., Morgan, L. E., Jourdan, F., Monecke, T., Marsh, E. E., & Goldfarb, R. J. (2021). Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous orogenic gold mineralization in the Klamath Mountains, California: Constraints from 40Ar/39Ar dating of hydrothermal muscovite. Ore Geology Reviews, 104661.
    • Tuolumne County
      • Jamestown District
        • Jamestown
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
Leicht, Wayne C., Nelson, Genne Myers (1994) Native Gold from the Jamestown Mine, Tuolumne County, California. The Mineralogical Record, 25 (1) 7-14
      • Tuttletown Mining District
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Knopf, Adolf (1929), The Mother Lode system of California: USGS Professional Paper 157, 88 pp.
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 427.
          • Carrington group (Bluett; Bluett and McCoddle; Stenchfield; Street Extension; Pine Tree; Last Chance A)
[var. Sericite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
  • Idaho
    • Adams County
      • Cascade Area
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • Mica Hill
Ream, Lanny R. (2004) Idaho Minerals (2nd ed.) L. R. Ream Publishing, Coeur d'Alene, ID.
    • Gem County
      • Ola
Allan Young
Ream, Lanny R. (2004) Idaho Minerals (2nd ed.) L. R. Ream Publishing, Coeur d'Alene, ID.
    • Owyhee County
      • Reynolds Area
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • Silver City Mining District (Carson Mining District)
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
    • Payette County
      • Payette Area
[var. Illite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
    • Washington County
      • Cuddy Mountain Mining District
[var. Sericite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
  • Nevada
    • Churchill County
      • Fairview Mining District
[var. Sericite] Castor, Stephen B., Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
      • I.X.L. Mining District
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • Lake Mining District
Schumer, B. N. (2012). Origins and Evolution of the Green Prospect Antimony Deposit, Churchill County, Nevada. Masters thesis University of Nevada, Reno.
      • Mountain Wells Mining District
        • Jolly Rodger Claims
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
        • LaPlata mine (Michigan prospect)
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
        • Short Day Claims
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • Sand Springs Range
        • Sand Springs Mining District
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • Truckee Mining District
Harlan, B. J. (1984). Geology and mineralization of Fireball Ridge, Churchill County, Nevada (Masters thesis, Colorado State University).
    • Douglas County
      • Buckskin Range
        • Buckskin Mining District (Smith Valley Mining District)
[var. Sericite] NBMG Bull 73 Geology and Mineral Deposits of Lyon, Douglas, and Ormsby Counties, Nevada
[var. Illite] Gibson, P. C. (1987). Geology of the Buckskin Mine, Douglas County, Nevada (Masters thesis, University of Nevada, Reno).
[var. Sericite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
Castor, Stephen B., Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
      • Pine Nut Mountains
        • Gardnerville Mining District
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
Shawe, D. R. (1996) Characterization of mineral deposits in rocks of the Triassic to Jurassic magmatic arc of western Nevada and eastern California. USGS Open File report 96-6
Doebrich, J. L.
Garside, L. J.
      • Wellington Hills
        • Risue Canyon Mining District
NBMG Bull 73 Geology and Mineral Deposits of Lyon, Douglas, and Ormsby Counties, Nevada
    • Humboldt County
      • McDermitt Caldera Center
[var. Illite] Henry, C.D. (2020) Lithium-Rich Claystone in the McDermitt Caldera, Nevada, USA: Geologic, Mineralogical, and Geochemical Characteristics and Possible Origin. Minerals 10, 68.
Castor, S.B.
      • Sulphur Mining District
        • Sulphur
[var. Sericite] Econ Geol (1997) 92:578-600
Alpers, C. N. (1997) The stable isotope geochemistry of jarosite. USGS Open-File Report: 97-88
RYE, R. O.
    • Lyon County
      • Como Mining District
Econ Geol (1994) 89:639-646
      • Singatse Range
        • Yerington Mining District
[var. Sericite] Aird, H. M., Purcell, C. K., DeWitt, N., Matthews, J., Capurro, T., Claiborne, J., ... & Meisel, Z. (2021). Gold-and Silver-Bearing Assemblages in the Ann-Mason Copper Porphyry Deposit, Yerington, Nevada. Ore Geology Reviews, 104339.
Runyon, S. E. (2013). Contrasting Fe oxide-rich mineralization in the Yerington district. Nevada: Unpublished MS thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
Econ Geol (1992) 87:2169-2174
Econ Geol (1992) 87:44-63
Shawe, D. R. (1996) Characterization of mineral deposits in rocks of the Triassic to Jurassic magmatic arc of western Nevada and eastern California. USGS Open File report 96-6
Doebrich, J. L.
Garside, L. J.
          • Ludwig
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
[var. Sericite] Castor, Stephen B., Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
          • Yerington
Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., Moring, B.C. (2008) Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. Open-File Report 2008-1155
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • Talapoosa Mining District
[var. Illite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • Washington Mining District
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
    • Mineral County
      • Fitting Mining District
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
        • Gillis Range
Foord, Eugene E., Gordon, Harvey M., Soregaroli, Arthur E. (1999) The Zapot Pegmatite, Mineral County, Nevada. The Mineralogical Record, 30 (4) 277-292
[var. Sericite] Ross, Donald C. (1961) Geology and mineral deposits of Mineral County, Nevada. Bulletin 58. Nevada Bureau of Mines
Ross, Donald C. (1961) Geology and mineral deposits of Mineral County, Nevada. Bulletin 58. Nevada Bureau of Mines
      • Hawthorne Mining District (Pamlico Mining District)
[var. Sericite] Castor, Stephen B., Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
[var. Sericite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
Castor, Stephen B., Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
      • Rand Mining District
        • Brovard
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
          • Randall Property
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • Rawhide Mining District
Castor, Stephen B., Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
      • Toquima Range
        • Barcelona Mining District (Spanish Belt Mining District)
Castor, Stephen B., Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
    • Pershing County
      • Nightingale Mining District
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
    • Storey County
      • Comstock Mining District
[var. Illite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
    • Washoe County
      • Deephole Mining District
Castor, Stephen B., Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
      • Fort Sage Mountains
        • Stateline Peak Mining District
Castor, Stephen B., Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
      • Freds Mountain Mining District
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
Tingley, J. V., Garside, L. J., Castor, S. B., & LaPointe, D. D. (1999). Mineral and energy resource assessment of the Washoe County Open Space Plan Amendment Area. Washoe County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report, 99(2), 384.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • Geiger grade
[var. Illite] Castor, Stephen B., Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
      • Hallelujah Junction area
        • Petersen Mountain ("Peterson Mountain"; Hallelujah Junction [sic])
Rocks & Minerals 82:415-418
      • Hungry Valley area
NBMG Bull 70 Geology and Mineral Resources of Washoe and Storey Counties, Nevada
Castor, Stephen B., Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
      • Peavine Mining District
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
[var. Sericite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
NBMG Bull 70 Geology and Mineral Resources of Washoe and Storey Counties, Nevada
      • Pyramid Mining District
        • Burrus vein system
[var. Sericite] Castor, Stephen B., Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
[var. Sericite] NBMG Bull 70 Geology and Mineral Resources of Washoe and Storey Counties, Nevada
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
      • San Emidio Mining District
[var. Sericite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
NBMG Bull 70 Geology and Mineral Resources of Washoe and Storey Counties, Nevada
[var. Illite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
[var. Illite] Castor, Stephen B., Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
      • Wedekind Mining District
[var. Illite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
[var. Illite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
[var. Illite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
  • Oregon
    • Harney County
      • Pueblo Mining District (Denio Mining District)
[var. Sericite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
[var. Sericite] (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
    • Malheur County
[var. Illite] Altaner, S.P., Grim, R.E. (1990) Mineralogy, chemistry, and Diagenesis of tuffs in the Sucker Creek Formation (Miocene), eastern Oregon. Clays & Clay Minerals 38:6, 561-572.
 
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