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Muscovite from
Mariposa County, California, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:Commonly occurs in schists and ankerite-quartz rock of gold veins.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mariposa County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:988446
Long-form Identifier:1:3:988446:5
GUID (UUID V4):585bce37-b7a8-42f1-b262-34d212dc3f00
Localities for Muscovite in this Region
Josephine Mine (Pine Tree Mine; Pine Tree Josephine Mine; Pine Tree and Josephine Mine), Pacific Mining Co. group, Bagby, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
Mariposa Estate, Mariposa, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
Hayseed Mine, Whitlock (Farmer's Hope; Whitlock Creek; Whitlock Gulch), Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
Coulterville road cut, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
Mary Harrison group, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
Louisa Mine (Louise Mine; Louise Point Mine), Mary Harrison group, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
Mary Harrison Mine, Mary Harrison group, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
Oro Rico Mine (Penon Blanco Mine), Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
Donnelly Carrier prospect (Donnelly property), Sweetwater Point, Jerseydale Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
Silver Knob occurrence, Silver Knob, Fish Camp, Mariposa County, California, USA
Brushy Canyon deposits, Round Hills, Cathey Mining District (Cathay Mining District), West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
Blue Moon Mine (Porcupine Mine; Blue Cloud Mine; Red Cloud Mine; Percupine Mine; American Eagle Mine; Bullion Hill Mine), Quartzburg, Hornitos Mining District, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
Akoz Mine (Asposozien Mine; B.A.B. Mine; Radium Mine), Webb Station, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
May Lake, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(2019) DOI: 10.3749/canmin.1900020 VANADIUM-RICH MUSCOVITE FROM AUSTRIA: CRYSTAL STRUCTURE, CHEMICAL ANALYSIS...Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA JOHN M. HUGHES Department of Geology and Environmental...Ohio 45056, USA Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA HEINZ-JÜRGEN...Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125-2500, USA ABSTRACT The...vanadium-rich muscovite-2M1 (V2O3 ÂŒ 11.35 wt.%, one of the highest amounts reported to date in muscovite) with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the highsilica sericites, places them in the muscovite-leucophyllite series and demonstrates that they...whereas the so-called alurgite from Cajon Pass, California (Webb, 1939) has the common 2-Iayer monoclinic...biaxial parts as the common 2-Iayer monoclinic (2M) muscovite polymorph. Penfield (1893) noted that 2E was as...interference figure by systematically stacking thin muscovite sheets (Reusch, 1869), but it is structurally...triangular or hexagonal, similar to those of muscovite and biotite, described by H. Baumhauer." The
Report (issue)
Minerals of California By ARTHUR S. EAKLE, MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining...Hon Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of the State of California. Sir: I have the honor to transmit Bureau...of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this date through...Bureau. and Mineralogy of the University of California, with this Eakle has given freely of his time...Minerals Distribution by Counties Bibliography on California Minerals Index to Minerals — 197 204 210 220
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tanga Province, Tanzania (Basset 1956), Mariposa County, California (Snetsinger 1966, Foit & Rosenberg 1979)...tourmaline in association with V-bearing micas (muscovite to roscoelite: MĂ©res & Ivan 2007) also occur in...occurring in association with quartz and V-bearing muscovite (up to 21 wt.% V2O3, MĂ©res & Ivan 2007). It forms...in association with quartz (Qtz) and V-bearing muscovite (Ms) in metachert from Chvojnica. ined. There...and 8.5 wt.% V2O3 in tourmaline from Mariposa County, California (Foit & Rosenberg 1979). Vanadium is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rose quartz and some large, foliaceous plates of muscovite, 6 x 3 x 1 inches, was collected by Mr. Wm. F...creek, in Plumas National Forest, Plumas County, California. All of the samples were by means of a rock-trimmer...this article to Professor Pabst (University of California) for his comments; a copy of his reply follows...on an interesting occurrence of quartz in Mariposa County which showed what you call "Quasi-cleavage"...Unique Occurrence of Vein Quartz in Mariposa County, California By A u s t i n F. Rogers (Abstract)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
May/June: Uvite, Powers farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York; Steven C. Chamberlain specimen, Michael...albite, Kestral Pocket, Smoky Hawk mine, Teller County, Colorado; Martin Zinn specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Gold and quartz, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California; Scott Rudolph specimen, Jeff Scovil...York, 222–24 Alamandine, New York City, New York County, New York State, R. B. Cook, 244–52 Amethyst, South...451; Ohio, 154; twinning, 367; Virginia, 354 California, Colorado Quartz mine, 396–412 Carlson, E. H
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
featured phenakite from Mount Antero in Chaffee County in his July/August Connoisseur’s Choice column...from Teller County. In this issue, Tom Rosemeyer writes about the Eldorado mine in Ouray County, and there...one on his artwork and another on his legacy. CALIFORNIA GOLD REVISITED: It’s said that you can never...was on the Mockingbird gold mine in Mariposa County, California; Robert Cook and Thomas Gressman were... we are once again featuring a well-known Mariposa County gold locality: the Colorado Quartz gold mine;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 07:06 06 January 2015 Even though California is known as the “Golden State, ” it could also...the Tourmaline State, or the Colemanite State. California is, in fact, one of the world’s greatest sources...localities, the reader is encouraged to consult the “California Locality Index” (Kampf et al. 1989). The bibliography...great deal from the many publications of the California Division of Mines and Geology. The most valuable...tool for finding information on older mines in California is the Consolidated Index of Publications, Division
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
Report (issue)
M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN N«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE...Stephens, Governor of the State of California, Sacramento, California Sir: I have the honor to transmit...upon the minerals of California. This bulletin records our knowledge of California minerals to date,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NIUSCOVITE AND VANADIUM TOURMALINE FROM MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA KBNNoru G. SNBrsrNcan,DepartmentoJ Ceology...SLanfordUn'iversity.r Asstnacr Barium-vanadium muscovite and zoned vanadium tourmaline occur in quartz-graphite...northwest part of the Bass Lake quadrangle, Mariposa County, California. Appreciable barium has substituted for...potassium in the large cation formula group of the muscovite, and the positive charge thus induced has required...properties are similar to those recorded for chromian muscovite. The inner zone of the tourmaline contains considerable
Journal (issue)
Collector's Newsletter $2.00 Pseudomorphs from Brazos County, Texas Art Smith 9118 Concho Houston, Texas 77036...Creek in the BryanCol!~ge Stallon area of Brazos County, Texas. Thin, elongate cav111esparallel to the...from petrified wood, Turkey Creek, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, photograph by Art Smith. Mexico While...literature shows no barite locations in Brazos County or in nearby counties (Simonds, 1902 and Smith...from petrified wood, Turkey Creek, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, photograph by Art Smith. Texas: U nivcrsity
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tennessee 37830 rjlauf@msn.com Figure 2. Golden muscovite crystals, to 3 cm, on albite, Galileia, Brazil...Zussman 1962) described nine “common species”: muscovite, paragonite, glauconite, phlogopite, biotite,...(less often) O, Cl, or S. Figure 1. Twinned muscovite (“star mica”) crystals to about 3 cm; Riacho Genipapo...prismatic muscovite crystals, Hiddenite, North Carolina. Specimen about 6 cm wide. Figure 4. Muscovite var...chromphyllite ferro-aluminoceladonite ferroceladonite muscovite nanpingite paragonite roscoelite tobelite KAl(Mg
Report (issue)
fvpplement to MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA For 1955 Through 1957 California Division of Mines Supplement...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA For 1955 through 1957 By JOSEPh t^4Ara^ % University of California, Los Ange...WEBB University of California, Santa (Barbara with INDEX TO MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA ARRANGED BY COUNTIES...ELIZABETH COLLINS California Division of Mines Supplement to Bulletin 173 California Division of Mines....^rice$1.00 173 SUPPLEMENT TO MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA FOR 1955 THROUGH 1957 By JOSEPH MURDOCH and
Journal (issue)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY Volume...Trinity County, California . Mines and Mineral Deposits of Mariposa County, California DIVISION...FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO 9 35 STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN J. KNIGHT. Governor DEPARTMENT OF...NOS. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY Price $2.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVTS ...Archive in 2012 with funding from University of California, Davis Libraries http://archive.org/details
Report (volume)
Mariposa Quadrangle, Mariposa Madera Counties, California----<: Analytic Data anCJ Mariposa Quadrangle...Quadrangle, Mariposa and Madera Counties, CaliforniaAnalytic Data By KONRAD B. KRAUSKOPF Modal and chemical...chemical data on plutonic rocks of the Mariposa quadrangle U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1613 DEPARTMENT...1910Mariposa quadrangle, Marrposa and Madera Counties, California-analytic data (U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin...igneous. 2. Petrology-California-Mariposa County. 3.Petrology-California-Madera County. I. Title. II. Series:
Report (issue)
Economic Geologists Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California February, 1984 Open-File Report 84-169 This...Menlo Park, California 2 California Division of Mines and Geology, Sacramento, California INTRODUCTION...through El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, and Mariposa Counties. Most of the Mother Lode ore bodies are...Serpentine Slate, some phyllite and conglomerate (Mariposa Formation) Greenstone, amphibolite, chlorite schist...of the Grass Valley-Nevada City district, Nevada County, are about 30 miles north of the Mother Lode. At
Journal (issue)
Leicht KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA ‱ Tel: +1 949 494 5155 ‱ Email: info@kristalle...Gold Specimen, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California........................463 by M. I. Jacobson...9 cm, from the Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge specimen (now in the...only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...venture is the Tucson Fine Mineral Gallery in Arizona, USA, which opened to the public in early 2022. This state-of-the-art
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 3 Figure 2 Figure 1. Cassiterite and muscovite, 8.5 cm across, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Sichuan...2. Wulfenite, 4 cm high, Red Cloud mine, La Paz County, Arizona. The simplicity of a single crystal and...high, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. The cross form of this piece is unique,...Figure 6. Fluorite, 4.3 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. I like the simplicity of the single...17.5 cm across, Himalaya mine, San Diego County, California. Matrix groups from the Himalaya mine are
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town kept...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines
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] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's
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^^titOrpi^ Ir^j, Oiioi ,^irornis ,, STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...FRANCISCO Chief DECEMBER 144 COPPER IN (In CALIFORNIA Three Parts, Including Outline Geologic Map...Honorable Earl Warren Governor of the State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...herewith Bulletin 144, Copper in California, prepared under the direction of Olaf P. Jenkins, Chief of the...Properties to Accompany Economic Mineral jMap of California No. 6. It consists of a large number of contributions
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7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794
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MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
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V c» STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ANGELS...AND TUOLUMNE COUNTIES CALIFORNIA SPECIAL REPORT UN.VwKali^ 0^ 41 CALIFORNIA UAVIS At;-: DIVISION...l-A. Sierra Blanca limestone in Santa Barbara County, CaliW. Walker. 1950. 5 pp., 1 pi. Price 25*. ...fornia, by George 1-B. The Calera limestone, California, by George W. Walker. 1950. 8 pp., 1 pi.,...of part of the Delta-Mendota Canal near Tracy, California, by Parry Reiche. 1950. 12 pp., 5 figs. Price
 
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