| Locality type: | Deposit |
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| Species: | Muscovite |
| Formula: | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Muscovite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1013926 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1013926:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | a0f5cdc4-1334-4b61-a6d3-26ee2fd323f1 |
| Localities for Muscovite in this Region |
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| Cactus Gold Mine (Blue Eagle Mine; Middle Buttes Mine; Cactus Mine; Cactus Queen Mine; Shumake deposit; Shumake Mine), Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA |
| Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite |
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| 0.2km (0.2 miles) | ⓘCactus Gold Mine (Blue Eagle Mine; Middle Buttes Mine; Cactus Mine; Cactus Queen Mine; Shumake deposit; Shumake Mine), Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA |
| 43.3km (26.9 miles) | ⓘHogan-Mallery Tin Mine (Hogan-Mallery Meek Mine; Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Mine), Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA |
| 45.5km (28.3 miles) | ⓘBlue Point Mine (Blue Point deposits), Sugarloaf, Kern County, California, USA |
| 46.2km (28.7 miles) | ⓘDeem Flagstone Quarry (Deem Mine), Bee Canyon, Agua Dulce Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
| 50.8km (31.6 miles) | ⓘBouquet Canyon Quarry (Pyle Quarry), Bouquet Canyon, Green Valley, Sierra Pelona Mts (Sierra Pelona Range), Los Angeles County, California, USA |
| 55.6km (34.6 miles) | ⓘKramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA |
| 62.6km (38.9 miles) | ⓘApex prospect (Apex deposit), Acton, Acton District, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
| 62.7km (38.9 miles) | ⓘDorothy Ann Mine (Dorothy Ann claim), Acton, Acton District, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
| 62.7km (39.0 miles) | ⓘMica I (Mica claim), Acton, Acton District, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
| 66.9km (41.6 miles) | ⓘPlacerita Canyon, Placerita Canyon State Park, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | Alunite From the Cactus Gold Mines Middle Buttes Volcanic Complex Kern County, California Allan R. Blaske...Blaske allan.blaske@gmail.com The Middle Buttes Volcanic Complex is a topographic high consisting ofMiocene...located in southeastern Kern County, approximately 9 miles southwest of the town of Mojave, and approximately...approximately 60 miles north of Los Angeles, California. The complex was host to six epithermal, bulk-mineable precious-metal...(gold and silver) deposits, which were mined by Cactus Gold Mines/Coca Mines in the late 1980s and early |
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