Purple Heart Mine, Wild Horse Mesa, Telegraph Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USAi
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Purple Heart Mine | Mine |
Wild Horse Mesa | Mesa |
Telegraph Mining District | Mining District |
Grant County | County |
New Mexico | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 45' 55'' North , 108° 34' 54'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Cliff | 293 (2011) | 22.0km |
Gila | 314 (2011) | 22.3km |
Tyrone | 637 (2011) | 26.9km |
Silver City | 10,004 (2017) | 28.2km |
White Signal | 181 (2011) | 30.8km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Grant County Rolling Stones Gem & Mineral Society, Inc. | Silver City, New Mexico | 28km |
Mindat Locality ID:
34786
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:34786:1
GUID (UUID V4):
6c669939-33fc-4439-a4c4-54d705ea7db3
Structure: Deposits Occur Along A Northwest Striking Fault.
Alteration: Argillization, Kaolinization
Tectonics: Basin And Range
Commodity: Analytical data from williams, f.e., 1966, p. 63.
Deposit: Fluorspar occurs in two veins, As fracture filling and crustiform masses on granite fragments in a fault breccia zone. Mineralization is up to 10 ft thick, crops out along strike for about 600 ft, and is exposed in workings to a depth of 105 ft. Mineralization occurs As coarsely crystalline, green and purple fluorite that shows octohedron and dodecahedron faces, and As crushed sugar spar mixed with clayey material and Mn-oxides or finely crystalline, breccia cementing fluorite. Hard vasperoid silica dilutes the ore. The n47 W vein ranges in width from 3 to 4 ft and is traceable for 600 ft. The n40 W vein has its footwall in granite and hanging wall in soft gauge that tends to cave. This record contains data from record d009831 by ronald g. Worl which has been deleted from mrds. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept
Rock formation(s): Burro Mountain Granite
Ore(s): Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
6 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
β Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
β 'Chlorite Group' |
β Fluorite Formula: CaF2 |
β 'Jasper' |
β Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
β 'Wad' |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 3 - Halides | |||
β | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
β | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Unclassified | |||
β | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
β | 'Jasper' | - | |
β | 'Wad' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
H | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
O | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
F | Fluorine | |
F | β Fluorite | CaF2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Al | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
K | Potassium | |
K | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
K | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | β Fluorite | CaF2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10013294 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
USA
- New Mexico
- Gila National ForestNational Forest
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