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Microcline from
BBC Mine, El Dorado County, California, USA


Locality type:Diggings
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Smoky Quartzⓘ15 photos of Microcline associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Cleavelanditeⓘ12 photos of Microcline associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Schorlⓘ11 photos of Microcline associated with Schorl at this locality.
Muscoviteⓘ10 photos of Microcline associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Albiteⓘ3 photos of Microcline associated with Albite at this locality.
Limoniteⓘ2 photos of Microcline associated with Limonite at this locality.
Rutileⓘ1 photo of Microcline associated with Rutile at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view BBC Mine, El Dorado County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1495332
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1495332:9
GUID (UUID V4):3d03be95-9260-480c-9d89-2f63e416f027
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
93.6km (58.2 miles) ⓘIncline Village, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
up on sleep, I am already away two weeks from the USA. This journey started with an early trip to Munich...lot of topazes in matrix from Shamoozi, a famous mine producing fine pinks. This was a better lot than...a few specimens of the translucent blue-green microcline from Madan Shah, Afghanistan. (Continues on page...Alvemon Way, near the University of Arizona campus and El Con Mall. With expanded shuttle service and other...Tucson show in 2005 and beyond! Too bad about the El; its demise is a sorrowful tale in Tucson lore.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
noted in the granite are observed in all mites, microcline and pollucite. Albite and the phosphate mineral...fission tracks in apatite from the Bob Ingersoll mine (0. NAESSER, personal communioation, 1966). 3. ...oversimptication. Furthermore, resort to 720 G. EL Table 4. Age smcl Rb-Sr RILEY data, for some pegmatite...for pegmatite minerals Apparaut Rb Mineral Sample/Mine* 661F H Replicate 663 H Replicate 659 H Rcphcatc...and FAHEY J. J. (1932) Cesium biotite from Custer county, South Dakota. Amrr. Mineral. 17, 173-1’76. MCINTYRE
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and laboratory. We also thank Prof. Larry Brown (USA), Dr. Chris Clark (Australia); Dr. Teale (Australia)...calc-alkaline I-type granitoid gneisses, pink feldspar (microcline) granite-gneisses, charnockites and charnockitic...LankaeA Review. Abs. AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, USA. 234 3. Proterozoic orogens of Sri Lanka Kehelpannala...granitoid is a medium- to very coarse-grained, microcline-bearing pink-colored rock and contains variable...variable amount of quartz, plagioclase, and microcline as major minerals. Biotite, muscovite, chlorite, garnet
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
adjacent supracrustal rocks of the Beit Bridge Complex (BBC ) ( Hofmann et al., 1998; Kröner et al., 1998)....predating supracrustal lithologies correlated with the BBC in the Messina area ( Watkeys et al., 1983). No radiometric...radiometric age data are available for these gneisses. The BBC occurs on both sides of the Limpopo River, in South...detrital zircons using SHRIMP from a metapelite of the BBC and obtained 207Pb/206Pb ages ranging from 3.36 to...and intrusive into, the supracrustal rocks of the BBC ( Kröner et al., 1998). These leucocratic rocks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
all clinopyroxenes to augite. Thus, orthoclase, microcline, and sanidine all occur in addition to alkali-feldspar..."open", "close", and "indexed" organization. (b) BBC Pascal version: "ival" performs the integer conversion..."reset" is used to cope with external files. Because BBC Pascal does not permit indexed access, a relocatable...(APTGWD@UK.AC.STAFPOL.CR83). The BBC version can be supplied on disk for BBC ISO-Pascal users. Buchanan,...fuzzy systems: Benjamin/Cummings, Menlo Park, California, 190 p. Reeves, M., 1989, MINID---a BASIC program
Journal (issue)
modifiedcrystalsin quartzdrusefrom RoundMountain (Nevada,USA).JurgenTron specimen. (Continues on page 2) The...ferro-axinite from Ne\\ Melones Dam (Calaveras Co .. California). This is an old, well-l-nown locality and as...from Searles Lake, Trana, San Bernardino Co .. California. This is not frightfully surprising as these...available with more dealers. The Gem Mine in San Benito Co. (California) also produced a few new jonesite...NJ 1.16 Guadalcazar, Mexico 5.00 First Soviet mine, Russia 0 MnO 1.60 I 13.69 I : 1.73 !
Show/Event (guide)
Croydon-based Microsoft consultancy. One of his clients was BBC News where Jolyon spent much o f his time with Windows...during highway construction, Hull Township, Gatineau County, Quebec. P. M. Bellev, R. Rowe & M. Picard. 2:45...e " from the Harder Farm, Hammond, St. Lawrence County, NY. M. Lupulescu. 3:45 H i s t o r y of the Powers...Powers farm streamside veins, St. Lawrence County, New York. M. R. Walter & S. C. Chamberlain. 4:00 M...assemblage from the Allah Cooper/Valcooper mine, Louisa County, Virginia. L. E. Kearns & M. D. Dunn. 4:30
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
through the Main Mantle Thrust Complex (MMT), it(BBC) eventually enters the Indian Plate’s Besham Indian...Complexof(BBC) and flows gneisses, through the Indian Plate rocks. The BBC consists of The BBC consists...(Bioevopeak (BioevopeakInc, Inc.,Seattle, Seattle,WA, WA, USA), and gold granules were recovered for scanning electron...feldspars recognized as plagioclase, orthoclase, and microcline perthite in the samples are up to 24% to 37%...An Introduction; John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ, USA, 2009. Ahmed, N.; Ali, S.H.; Ahmad, M.; Khalid, P
Catalog/List
WULFENITE & ASSOC/A TIONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nice combinations...$15.00 each ROWLEYWULFENITE &ASSOCIATIONS: Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mtns., Maricopa Co., Arizona: Clear...and $ 30.00 each GLOVE WULFENITE: Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Very nice crystalline specimens...00 each YUMA WULFENITE: Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Butterscotch to deep orange-red...mounted in 1 1/4 79 WULFENITE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizo _na: Transparent bright yellow
Report (issue)
1042-9964 1042-9964 ISSN Cover photoÑClif photo—Cliff Mine Minedrca circaearly early 1900s. 1900s. Photo from...COMMON SENSE SENSE MUST MUST BE BE POSSIBLE. OLD MINE APPLIED. APPLIED. for geologists and and geology...sedimentary sedimentary rocks rocks 10, 11, 12, 12, D5, El, El,11 I1 Rift-filling dominantly clastic clastic...6, 8, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 30, 31, Bi, Dl, El, F3, Gi Native Copper Copper Deposits Deposits ...13, 13, 15, 15, 16, 16, 17, 17, 18, 18, 30, 30, El El 4, 5, One-day trip trip with with emphasis emphasison
Journal (issue)
1nlorma11on dOCI requests 10 ine Ameucan Federation CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Otlicus...LAPIDARY EQUIPMENT P()\\ ERGLID E CO:\TROL PA:\EL ..--- I 16''-18'' ‱ 20'' -24 '' ‱ 36'' Slab Saws...secretary-treasurer of the those with common interests. California Federation). A major portion of the clubs in...Among the features is the most to the Yern10. California area. recent edition of the American Fcderaci...San Mateo Previouslv mentioned were the annual County. Federation · convention!> and shows; Third Row
Journal (issue)
Stevenson. This was a veritable mine of of inif one can have a mine for pearls. When formation - if I...Wednesday, 3 May 1989, at 11.00 hours, Long Wave, the BBC broadcast an excellent programme on Radio 4. It was...1991,22, 6 334 Gem thaumasite from the Black Rock Mine, South South Mrica Africa Ulrich Henn, Markus...associated with sulfidic ores (e.g. Sweden, Tennessee/USA), 2. in cavities of of basic effusive effusive rocks...metamorphic rocks (e.g. Hungary, Austria, New Jersey/USA), 3. in limestone contact zones associateq associated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
composed of the Beit Bridge supracrustal complex (BBC), several grey gneiss formations, and the Messina...process (Passchier and Trouw, 1995). Feldspars are microcline perthite Or0.92–0.94Ab0.08–0.06 and plagioclase...Neoarchean structure in the Bait Bridge Complex (BBC) within the Central Zone of the Limpopo complex (Fig...gneissic framing, whose protolith is the rocks of the BBC. The rocks of this structure have been described...deformed (D2) and metamorphosed (M2) rocks of the BBC. The available age estimates are close to the ages
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
much less widely distributed machines (e.g.,the UK BBC model B); most are written in dialects ofsasrc (e...Hypersthene A' Muscovite Projection A l( Microcline Fig.2. Examplesof (a) ACF, (b) A'KF, and (c)
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...collection to Colorado mineral dealer Bryan Lees, California dealer Wayne Leicht and British dealer Ian Bruce...Mexico and subsequently transferred to Menlo Park, California, where he was a hydrologist/geologist for almost...stockbroker. Bill was a member of the Northern California Geological Society, the Geological Society of...where he received his PhD. John Watson Fallbrook, California The Mineralogical Record, volume 37, November–December
Book (edition)
Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal...Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - ‱ Vll The Cameron Area 85 Breccia...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART... Apache County 435 Cochise County 436 Coconino County 437,438 Gila County 439 Graham County 440 Greenlee
Report (issue)
expanded shale plant, Summit County, Utah Holnam’s Devil’s Slide plant, Morgan County, Utah !7IB5F7-jbgfej...THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST FORUM 1999 Salt Lake City County Building constructed of Kyune Sandstone Proceedings...surficial geology of the state at a regional scale by county and at a more detailed scale by quadrangle. The...mining heritage via an underground mine tour of the Ontario mine and to enjoy the scenery and amenities...New Brunswick/ Halifax, Nova Scotia, CAN 31 1995 El Paso, TX 32 1996 Laramie, WY 33 1997 Quebec
Book (edition)
Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal...Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S: The Cameron Area 85...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART...Apache County — 435 Cochise County 436 Coconino County 437, 438 Gila County 439 Graham County Greenlee
Journal (issue)
the mixed vegetable dish left over inside a tra,·el coffee mug. using the hot water from the last night's...bit of the old Shigar <;tomach trouble from the USA and maybe not being allowed to go beyond this blues...descriptive mineralogy. Just $45 plus $8.50 s/h USA Minerals and their Localities Over 800 pages, 8500...reference book available today! $145 plus $15 s/h USA Foreign customers: please inquire. Excalibur Mineral...Euro, and the US dollar and Pakistani Teston to mine aquas then ranled off a bunch of quick rupee exchange
Book (edition)
McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...report for California and Arizona. William Blake was the state mineralogist for California in 1866. From...southeastern corner of California, the southern portion of Arizona, and Sonora and Baja California, ;\Iex.ico.The...gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu) is located in the old Pima County Courthouse building at 115 North Church Avenue...found in Arizona, as well as from Sonora and Baja California, Mexico. Currently, the collection holds more
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complex in Cornwall, England and San Marcos, California, as well-known examples. Importance/Commercial...largest craters is found near Winslow, Arizona, USA. It is nearly 1500 m (4,920 ft) across and 180 m...recent times, the destruction of Mount St. Helens (USA) was spectacular evidence of the great volumes of...temperature variety, are monoclinic, whereas microcline, another variety of potassiuum feldspar, is triclinic...specimen to distinguish between orthoclase and microcline. A rather suspect guideline is that orthoclase
Journal (issue)
clearly revealed in the stratigraphic column for the County (Figure 6). Figure 5. Geological map of Shropshire...Shropshire (Figure 5) where, in the north west of the county, the basal Permian cuts across the already folded... J. (1805). A mineralogical description of the county of Dumfries. Bell & Bradfute, Edinburgh. Toghill...earliest substantive description of the geology of the County. Secondhand copies occasionally come up for sale...technology age, those old skills promoted by the BBC series ‘Blue Peter’ can still be useful in helping
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CARLSBAD STORE: 2961 STATE STREET, CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA July 1973 - No. 430 OFFICIAL MAGAZINI AMERICAN...MANAGING EDITOR ART/ ADVERTISING DIRECTOR - CALIFORNIA FEDERATION ASSOCIATE EDITOR - OF CIRCULATION...Corraapondenca and requests for Information to the California Federation ahould be addre11ed to: Mra. Juanita...OF MINERALOGICAL SOClmES CONTENTS: FEATURES California Camper Owner‱ Beware ..........................Convention and Show. " Garnel Star of Idaho." Nez Perce County Fairgrounds, Lewiston, Idaho. Host. Helli Canyon
Report (issue)
medium-grained seriate inequigranular gneiss. Microcline, commonly perthitic, and strained sutured quartz...finer grained matrix for the porphyroblasts. Microcline, commonly with myrmekite on its margins, has...Common major constituents are plagioclase, quartz, microcline, biotite, and epidote. Hornblende has been reported...gneiss a re plagioclase (An 0 f An 16 .2 ) 1 , microcline (Or93.o-Or97. 9 ) 1, quartz, muscovite, biotite...biotite+ cordierite +orthopyroxene+ plagioclase+ microcline + opaque minerals is by far the most common assemblage
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...common throughout the district. The Minerva No. 1 mine near Cave-inRock has been the premier specimen producer...calcite specimens from a new pocket in the Minerva mine. Associated with the calcites are 1 to 2-mm white...published studies specific to the Minerva No. 1 mine, but Lillie (1988) gives a lucid explanation of...makes frequent reference to Minerva mine minerals. The Minerva No. 1 mine, located in the NW '/4 of the SE
 
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