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Foster Mine, Gila Fluorspar Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USAi
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Foster MineMine
Gila Fluorspar Mining DistrictMining District (Abandoned)
Grant CountyCounty
New MexicoState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 2' 20'' North , 108° 30' 59'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Gila314 (2011)9.9km
Cliff293 (2011)12.3km
Buckhorn200 (2011)17.9km
Pinos Altos198 (2011)33.7km
Silver City10,004 (2017)37.1km
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ClubLocationDistance
Grant County Rolling Stones Gem & Mineral Society, Inc.Silver City, New Mexico37km
Mindat Locality ID:
34802
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:34802:8
GUID (UUID V4):
063482d9-83b0-4b58-99e6-a7b83ad547f5


Tectonics: Basin And Range

Commodity: Metallurgical grade fluorspar obtained largely from veins of coarsely crystalline, green fluorite and milling grade fluorspar from breccia zones.

Deposit: This record contains data from record d009968 by ronald g. Worl which has been deleted from mrds. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept fluorspar occurs in a fault that strikes n45e and dips 85nw. A moderately brecciated zone 3-8 ft wide was developed by the faulting, and both fissures and interstices in the breccia were filled by fluorspar. Metallurgical grade fluorspar came from fissure veins containing coarse green fluorite and sparse quartz. The brecciated zones contained milling grade fluorspar. Fissure veins range in width from a few inches to about 2 ft. Some stopes As much As 6 ft wide were mined. Discovery year: 1880's

Rock formation(s): Brock Canyon Volcanic Complex


Ore(s): Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

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3 valid minerals.

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Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3

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CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O QuartzSiO2
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca FluoriteCaF2

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