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Muscovite from
Shiloh, Frelinghuysen Township, Jenny Jump Mountain, Warren County, New Jersey, USA


Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:Occurs in Precambrian Franklin marble.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shiloh, Frelinghuysen Township, Jenny Jump Mountain, Warren County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:70762
Long-form Identifier:1:3:70762:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
13.5km (8.4 miles) ⓘSilver Mine, Cranberry Lake, Byram Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) ⓘNorth Jersey Stone Co. Quarry, Cranberry Lake, Byram Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
22.8km (14.2 miles) ⓘLime Crest Quarry, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
24.8km (15.4 miles) ⓘScrub Oaks Mine, Mine Hill, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
25.5km (15.8 miles) ⓘMase Mountain, Tierneys Corner, Jefferson Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
30.0km (18.6 miles) ⓘSterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
30.9km (19.2 miles) ⓘFranklin Quarry, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘMarble Mountain prospect, Marble Mtn, Phillipsburg, Warren County, New Jersey, USA
32.6km (20.3 miles) ⓘFurnace Quarry, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
33.1km (20.5 miles) ⓘBuckwheat dump mineral collecting site, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
References
NJ State Geol. Ann. Rpt. (1895):40.
 
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