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Muscovite from
Mount Wheeler Mine, Mount Washington, Mount Washington Mining District (Lincoln Mining District), Snake Range, White Pine County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Phenakite1 photo of Muscovite associated with Phenakite at this locality.
Beryl1 photo of Muscovite associated with Beryl at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Wheeler Mine, Mount Washington, Mount Washington Mining District (Lincoln Mining District), Snake Range, White Pine County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:289098
Long-form Identifier:1:3:289098:2
GUID (UUID V4):f4d172c0-c9f3-4983-84bb-96726ea5d29a
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
35.3km (21.9 miles) Argus group, Taylor Mining District, White Pine County, Nevada, USA
40.7km (25.3 miles) Geyser mine, Geyser Mining District, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA
68.2km (42.4 miles) Unnamed prospect (MRDS10095714), Currant Mining District, White Pine County, Nevada, USA
68.8km (42.7 miles) Robinson Mine, Robinson Mining District, White Pine County, Nevada, USA
69.0km (42.9 miles) Ruth pit, Robinson Mining District, White Pine County, Nevada, USA
72.7km (45.2 miles) Red Hills Claims, San Francisco Mining District, White Pine County, Nevada, USA
84.0km (52.2 miles) Painter Spring, House Range, Millard County, Utah, USA
86.4km (53.7 miles) Location No. 7 of Sayeed, Eagle Mining District, White Pine County, Nevada, USA
86.7km (53.9 miles) Silica Claim, Eagle Mining District, White Pine County, Nevada, USA
86.7km (53.9 miles) Granite Claims, Eagle Mining District, White Pine County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a member of the scheelite-powelliteseries from Nevada and its neighboring states were collected for mineralogical... 682 L. C. HSU AND P. E. GALLI the border of Nevada and Utah, across southern Arizona into New Mexico...im- portant type of occurrence, particularlyin Nevada, althoughsomecontact-metalomaticdepositssuch as...the state of Nevada. Sample Distribution and Description The specimens from the Oreana mine represent...quartz,oligoclase, Nevada is shownin Figure 1. As far as conditions feldspar, muscovite, beryl,fluorite
Report (issue)
Hybrid Granitoid Rocks of the Southern Snake Range, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 668... Hybrid Granitoid Rocks of the Southern Snake Range, Nevada By DONALD E. LEE and RICHARD E, VAN LOENEN...miles UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1971 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 CONTENTS Abstract.._-___--___--__-_-___-_-_-_...Intrusive structures, form, and contact effects...------Snake Creek-Williams Canyon area_______________ Pole Canyon-Can
Report (issue)
CANYON WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA, AND MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH By Michael F. Digglesl...(NV-040-086) Wilderness Study Area, White Pine County, Nevada, and Millard County, Utah. 2 CONTENTS Summary...Acknowledgments 10 Appraisal of identified resources 10 Mining activity 10 Oil and gas 11 Results of field investigation...Canyon Wilderness Study Area, White Pine County, Nevada and Millard County, Utah. 6 Mineral resource potential...Area, Nevada and Utah. 9 Geochemical anomaly map of the Marble Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Nevada and
Report (volume)
AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE 1917 CONTENTS........................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada.............................................................................................. Washington................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to
Report (volume)
COMPILED BY SAMUEL SANFORD AND RALPH W. STONE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 USEFUL MINERALS...it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calumetite, two newminerals from the Michigan copper district (Williams) 61+ Aomine, S. with Yoshinaga,N. 434... C. W. r,vith Vitaliano, C. J. Huntite. Gabbs. Nevada. . Belov, N. \,'. and Organova, N. I. Bentor, Y...of cryptomelane in manganese ores, in Balaghat District, 1413 India .. Bhattacharjee, S. B. and Bhattacharjee...Occurrence of cryptomelane in manganese ores, Balaghat District, India of Clarence S. Bibliographies Ross on Waldmar...804 Chrysocolla, the nature of, from Inspiration Mine, Arizona (Sun) .. 649 Cipriani,C. and Vannuccini
Report (issue)
Studies in White Pine County, Nevada Rubidium and Strontium in Hybrid Granitoid Rocks, Southern Snake Range...Range, Nevada By DONALD E. LEE and WILLIS P. DOERING Composition of Calcium-Poor Quartzites of Late Precambrian...Precambrian and Early Cambrian Age from Eastern White Pine County, Nevada By DONALD E. LEE, R. E. VAN LOENEN, E...Mesozoic-Cenozoic Metamorphism in Eastern White Pine County, Nevada, and Nearby Utah By DONALD E. LEE, RICHARD... B,C UNITED STATESGOVERNMENTPRINTINGOFFICE, WASHINGTON: 1980 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Report (issue)
Studies of Geology and Hydrology in the Basin arid Range Province, Southwestern United States^ For Isolation...Iti Nevada, Mew Mexico, Texas, and tltah STUDIES OF GEOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY IN THE BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE...WASTECHARACTERIZATION OF THE BONNEVILLE REGION, UTAH AND NEVADA Looking north of Blue Lake Springs at the southwestern...southwestern margin of the Great Salt Lake Desert, Tooele County, Utah. Springs at and near Blue Lake Springs discharge... Studies of Geology and Hydrology in the Basin and Range Province, Southwestern United States, For Isolation
Report (issue)
properties of non-pegmatite beryl from the Snake Range of eastern Nevada by Richard E. Van Loenen1 Open-File...Figure 1. Index map showing location of the Mount Wheeler mine and the Pole CanyonCan Young Canyon areas... Physical properties of beryl from the Mount Wheeler, Nevada, area ............ 4 Table 2. Chemical...Chemical analyses of beryl from the Mount Wheeler, Nevada, area ............ 7 Table 3. Semiquantitative spectrographic...analyses of minor elements in beryls from the Mount Wheeler, Nevada, area .................................
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...Weissman, and Sugar White copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant...significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved Manufactured
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Scovil, Storm Sears, Jeffrey Weissman, and Sugar White copyright © 2004 unless o therwise noted Map of...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NOTES PHENAKITE FROM THE MOUNT WHEELERAREA, SNAKE RANGE,WHITE PINE COUNTY,NEVADA1 Donarn E. LBB aNo...nonpegmatiteberyllium depositsat the Mount Wheeler mine, White Pine County, Nevada, has been described by Stager...north of the Mount Wheeler mine (sample 54-MW-60, below) and outline the geology of the mine area. Briefly...feet back in the Pole Canyon adit of the Mount Wheeler mine. The phenakite in this sample was not observed...minerals present are quattz, carbonate, fine-grained muscovite (predominantly 2M , but with minor amounts ol
Report (issue)
D UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1961 FOEEWOED The Geological Survey is engaged...progress UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1961 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D.C. CONTENTS Resource investigations...____________________ East Tintic silver-lead district, Utah_ _____ Central mining district, New Mexico._-___ Lead, zinc...Light metals and industrial minerals-_____________ District and regional studies-________________ Beryllium
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Granite Problem as Exposed in the Southern Snake Range, Nevada D.E. Lee 1 and E.H. Christiansen 2 1 US Geological...Colorado 80225, USA 2 Department of Geology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA Abstract. A...km 2 in the southern Snake Range of eastern Nevada. The granitoids exposed range in age from Jurassic...in the eastern Great Basin, but the southern Snake Range is distinguished by the grouping of all these...relatively small area. The Jurassic calcic pluton of the Snake Creek-Williams Canyon area displays large and systematic
Report (volume)
GOVERNMENT PRINTING BULLETIN O~FICE, 1197 WASHINGTON : 1965 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR... Rept.-American Geological Institute Report. Washington, D.O. Am. Midland Naturalist-American Midland...Academy of Sciences-National 'Research Council. Washington, D.C. Baylor Geol. Studies BulL-Baylor Geological...Bioi. Soc. Washington Proc.-Proceedings of the Biologial Society of Washington, Washington, D.C. British...Carnegie Inst. Washington Pub.Carnegie Inst. Washington Year BookCarnegie Institution of Washington Publication
Report (issue)
Geologic Map of Windy Peak 7.5' Quadrangle, White Pine County, Nevada By Elizabeth L. Miller1 , Phillip B. Gans... INTRODUCTION The Snake Range is located in White Pine County, east-central Nevada, in the northern Basin...Basin and Range Province. Sacramento Pass separates the range into two main parts, the northern and the...the southern Snake Range (fig. 1). The Windy Peak quadrangle is one of six quadrangles comprising the...the southern Snake Range and includes part of the northern boundary of the Great Basin National Park (fig
Report (issue)
Connors Pass Quadrangle Schell Creek Range East-Central Nevada By HARALD DREWES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...structure of a complexly deformed area in the Basin and Range province, and an evaluation of the tectonic environment...- UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1967 :- ,,.. ,, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402- Price (paper cover) CONTENTS Page...Pole Canyon Limestone _____________________ _ Lincoln Peak Formation ____________________ _ Metamorphism
Report (volume)
1268 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON: 1971 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price $5.25 (paper cover) CONTENTS...obtained by writing to the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. 20242. The principal contributors to this...Chemical Research. American Chemical Society. Washington, D.C. Acta Cryst. - Acta Crystallographica. Published...Akita Univ. Mining Colt Jour. Akita, Japan. Alabama Acad. Sci. Jour. Ala. Journal of the Mining College
Report (issue)
E UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1962 FOREWORD The reception accorded the...financially in part by, the numerous Federal, State, County and City agencies listed on pages A133 to A136...mapping UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1962 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D.C. - Price $1.75 CONTENTS Resource investigations..._____ District and regional studies._________________ Iron deposits in the Birmingham district, Alab
Report (volume)
GEOLOGY FOR 1921-1922 BY JOHN M. NICKLES WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1924 CONTENTS....Geologists: Bulletin, vols. 5, 6. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Transactions, vols. 65-67. New York...Wis. American Mining Congress: Reports of 23d and 24th Annual Conventions. Washington, D. C. American...vol. 11. San Francisco, Calif. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 89, 90. San Francisco, Calif...Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Transactions, vols. 23, 24. Montreal, Quebec. Canadian Mining Journal
Report (issue)
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON: 1970 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402- Price $3.75 CONTENTS GEOLOGIC...Kinderhook age and its tectonic significance, Elko County, Nev., by K. B. Ketner ------Stratigraphy Stratigraphy...geochronology of Miocene volcanic rocks in northwestern Nevada, by D. C. Noble, E. H. McKee, J. G. Smith, and...potassium-argon ages by Tertiary thrusting in the Snake Range, White Pine County, Nev., by D. E. Lee, R. F. Marvin,
Report (issue)
D. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON: 1965 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR... UNITED STATES GOVE:RNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON: 1965 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 Price $2.25 FOREWORD "Geological...listed on pages A253A258. Numerous Federal, State, county, and municipal agencies listed on pages A205-A210...---38 Pacific Northwest --------------------39 Nevada -----------------------------40 California ---
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LIBRAIY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1960 ·~ : • UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D.C. - Price $4.25 (paper cover) CONTENTS...Harbor conglomerate, northern Michigan, by WalterS. White and James C. Wright _____ _ 4. Relation of the Colorado...mineralization to caldera subsidence in the Creede district, San Juan Mountains, Colorado, by Thomas A. Steven...·_________________ _ 9. Alinement of mining districts in north-central Nevada, by Ralph J." Roberts ____________
Report (issue)
D UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1963 FOREWORD Geological Survey Research...501. During fiscal 1963, numerous Federal, State, County, or Municipal agencies listed on page A247 have...mapping UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1963 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C., 20402 CONTENTS Etoreword. I avestigations..._____ Pacific Northwest _ ____________________ Nevada..... _ __________________________ California __
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
M . . . . . Allanite from the Mount Wheeler 'White area, Pine County, N e v a d a( L e e ,B a s t r...807 Anorthosite bodies,noritic, in the Sierra Nevada batholith (Loomis). Anthony, John W. Memorial of...Anthophyllite albiteepidote hornfels facies, Fremont County, Colorado (Salotti) Antigorite, ferroan (Jenkinsite)...Brown, C. B. biotite in the Utica shale .. . and White, J. I-. Removal of Beck. F. R. with Honea. R. M...barite deular and semi-random oneposit in Hot Spring County, layer structures.. 819 Arkansas (Lippmann) Ba
 
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