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Biotite from
Cotopaxi Feldspar Mine (Cotopaxi Feldspar prospect; Henry pegmatite), Cotopaxi Pegmatite area, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cotopaxi Feldspar Mine (Cotopaxi Feldspar prospect; Henry pegmatite), Cotopaxi Pegmatite area, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:34982
Long-form Identifier:1:3:34982:0
GUID (UUID V4):dc6f186b-a68b-4ec0-a031-7e2647f30ef5
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
1.1km (0.7 miles) Colorado Feldspar Pegmatite, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
4.9km (3.0 miles) Cotopaxi Mine (Cotopaxi lode; Gumaer Mine; Fannie lode; Fannie Mill), Mine Gulch, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
7.5km (4.7 miles) Pine Ridge pegmatite, Cotopaxi Pegmatite area, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) McCoy prospects, Cotopaxi Pegmatite area, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) Devil's Hole Mine, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
9.6km (5.9 miles) Knob Hill prospect (Knob Hill pegmatite), Howard, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) Schaaf prospect, Cotopaxi Pegmatite area, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) Highway 50 roadcut, Texas Creek Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
10.7km (6.6 miles) Chief lithium pegmatite, Texas Creek Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
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