Muscovite near Cleator, Arizona

Coordinates:

382493 mE 3792950 mN 1199 m (UTM12N NAD83) (Google Maps)

Land Status:

Prescott National Forest

Description:

At this locality, one may find abundant muscovite that is associated with pegmatites along the contact between the Crazy Basin quartz monzonite and the Proterozoic schist country rock. The muscovite is so abundant that the ground is reflective from all the mica flakes.

Resources:

Geologic Map and Proterozoic Structure of Crazy Basin Area, Yavapai County, Arizona (Arizona Geological Survey)





Reflective ground due to mica

Prospect that exposes the contact

Muscovite

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