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Fluorapatite from
Longfellow Mine, San Juan County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorapatite
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3F
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorapatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Longfellow Mine, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:436892
Long-form Identifier:1:3:436892:2
GUID (UUID V4):ec7ffb01-49db-4e68-86e1-40ed499e1e0a
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘBrooklyn Mine, Brown's Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
6.7km (4.1 miles) ⓘZuni Mine, Anvil Mountain, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘCamp Bird Mine, Imogene Basin, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘEldorado Mine, Yankee Boy Basin, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
24.1km (15.0 miles) ⓘGallic - Vulcan Group (Weatherhorn), Galena Mining District (Henson Creek Mining District), Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
69.9km (43.4 miles) ⓘIron Hill deposit, White Earth Mining District (Powderhorn Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology, and Mineralogy of the San Juan County, Colorado rooklyn mine, located at an elevation of 11...456 feet at the head of Browns Gulch. San Juan County, Colorado. has been operated sporadically during...galena. and rhodochrosite were recovered from the mine. Continued mining in 1980 produced an array of exotic...summer. History Placer gold was discovered in the San Juan Mountains by the ill-fated Baker party in 1860... discovered in 187 1 and named the Little Giant mine. was situated northeast of Arrastra Creek Gulch
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
20513 pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee R egular readers of this...sphalerite, 8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Note the gemmy corners of the...pieces are all from the fluorspar district, Hardin County, Illinois. Cincinnati Museum Center specimens,...cubes from Trestia, Transylvania region, Maramures County, Romania, appears to be a complete replacement...sulfur, millerite, cassiterite, ferberite, and fluorapatite, to name but a few. The listing of significant
Journal (issue)
Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan What’s new in Colorado minerals? ...................................... Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ......................................................... 339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349...10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by John
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TIN–SPODUMENE BELT OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA, USA Samuel E. SWANSON§ Department of Geology, University...University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30605, USA Abstract The Tin–Spodumene Belt (TSB) along the border of...of North and South Carolina, southeastern USA, is composed of hundreds of en Ă©chelon dikes intruded into...muscovite, and accessory amounts of beryl, manganoan fluorapatite, triphylite, and cassiterite. The pegmatitic...trace of sodium (0.2–0.6 wt% Na2O). A Mn-bearing fluorapatite (altered to low-F and low-Mn apatite) and triphylite
Journal (issue)
CA Articles Great pockets: the National Belle mine ..................................................T. Rosemeyer Phosphate minerals from the Tip Top mine, Black Hills, South D a k o ta ...................& W. L. Roberts The Stoneham barite locality, Colorado....................................................... 255 by N. L. Bennett The Buca della Vena mine, Tuscany, I ta ly ................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur
Journal (issue)
- - - - - - - - - - - Mineral Collections 1n Colorado A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record November-December..."Smithsonian packet," Smoky Hawk claim, Florissant, Colorado. Collected in 2008; Dorris Family collection;...certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This special supplement...Collecting in Colorado The Collections: Mel & Pam Bersch Ryan Bowling Ralph Clark Colorado School of Mines...Thompson George Witters Martin Zinn III and Colorado in the :Mineralogical Record Supplement to The
Journal (issue)
......... 15 W. E. Wilson The Piedmont mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ............................................. 29 B. L. Muntyan The San Manuel mine, Pinal County, Arizona .............................Alexander The Morenci and Metcalf mines, . Gila County, Arizona ........................................& W. E. Wilson Mineral collecting at the Magma mine, . . Superior, Arizona ..........................Presmyk & M. Hay Treasures of the Magma mine, Pinal County, Arizona ...............................
Journal (issue)
row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalå mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacå Department...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...row, from left: Fluorapatite, 2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The
Report (issue)
figures in Bulletin 140. Lode deposits Cochise County-Warren (Bisbee) and Turquoise districts, with ores... Huachuca Mountains. Swisshelm Mountains. Gila County-Globe-Miami district, with ores of copper and silver...copper, lead, and silver. Payson district. Graham County-Galiuro Mountains, Rattlesnake district. Pifialeno... Greenlee County-Clifton-Morenci district, with ores of copper and silver. Maricopa County-Vulture district...Mountains. Bighorn Mountains. Mohave County-Black Mountains, San Francisco and Katherine districts. Cerbat
Book (edition)
Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal...Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - ‱ Vll The Cameron Area 85 Breccia...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART... Apache County 435 Cochise County 436 Coconino County 437,438 Gila County 439 Graham County 440 Greenlee
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193-256 137-208 129-192 209-264 193-256 [ [ COLORADO-Ill] 177-256 121-184 89-168 1-120 1-88 [ ...177-256 185-280 169-248 [ 425-528 337--400 COLORADO-II] 321--400 337--400 ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400...69-132 65-128 1-64 11 / 1980 20 I 1989 [ COLORADO-I] [ 289-352 385-448 [ AUSTRALlA] 353-504...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN
Book (volume)
...........................................59 Colorado ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ..................................................................45 Arizona – Yuma Co. Hull Mine Site Map ......................................
Book (edition)
— _ ; COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE ! ■ : ' BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL Colorado Gem Trails...Trails and Mineral Guide Colorado Rocks, Minerals, Fossils America’s Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes...Nature As Sculptor: A Geologic Interpretation of Colorado Scenery Guide to Geologic Literature Popular Gemology...Gemology Mineral Collectors Handbook Colorado Gem Trails The Art of Gem Cutting (With Dr. H. C. Dake)...Dake) * RICHARD M. PEARL ★ COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE ★ SKETCH MAPS BY MIGNON WARDELL PEARL
Book (edition)
MILEAGE L OGS. REVISED EDITION Revised Edition, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE HICllAHD :--1. PEARL...an extensive „em and mineral collecting tour 01 Colorado, revealing the interesting places where Nature...Swallow, Publisher) 2679 South York Street Denver, Colorado 80210 - , =· - ·, BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL...PEARL Exploring Rocks, Minerals, Fossils in Colorado America's Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes Peak...Atlas of Colorado American Gem Trails Nature As Sculptor: A Geologic Interpretation of Colorado . Scenery
Book (edition)
Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal...Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S: The Cameron Area 85...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART...Apache County — 435 Cochise County 436 Coconino County 437, 438 Gila County 439 Graham County Greenlee
Journal (issue)
Mandarino Famous mineral localities: the Ichinokawa mine, Japan ............. 229 ': Rotors w^c; ; 'v Tampa...Mineralogy of the Bandora mine, South Mineral Creek, San Juan County, Colorado .......................... Calcium arsenate minerals new to the Getchell mine, Nevada ..........................................Friends of Mineralogy 622 Gardenia Court, Golden, Colorado 80401, 303-279-7796 The Mineralogical Record...world’s best, were discovered in the Ichinokawa mine more than a hundred years ago. Though collected
Book
long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite
Book (edition)
McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu) is located in the old Pima County Courthouse building at 115 North Church Avenue...on the market. The mines at Bisbee, in Cochise County, have produced large quantities of gem-quality...mineral stamp issued in 1992. At Morenci, in Greenlee County, gem-quality azurite was also commercially recovered...cut parallel to the grain. The Blue Ball Mine, in Gila County, has produced thousands of azurite nodules
Book (volume)
...........................................47 Colorado ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
...........................................47 Colorado ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
Eugene E. Foord U S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225 Production editing and design Robert D...permission of the publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen)...Dick's deep concern for the fate of the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest...interest in mining history led him to purchase the mine in order to form a living museum so that it would...mineralogical community. Through his efforts, the Sterling mine has been declared a national historic landmark.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minor tourmaline (Al-rich schorl) with accessory fluorapatite and allanite (NovĂĄk et al. 1997). Numerous intragranitic...veins, up to 0.5 mm thick. Anhedral to euhedral fluorapatite, forming also rare inclusions in K-feldspar...39 1.00 0.60 99.91 99.91 1.38 1.54 0.08 0.22 fluorapatite are common accessory minerals. Chemical composition...Monazite-(Ce) to rare cheralite-(Ce) associated with fluorapatite, zircon and xenotime in MBG occurs as small...undercooled conditions (Perugini and Poli 2007; Longfellow and Swanson 2009) whereas small miarolitic cavities
Book (edition)
uranium-vanadium deposits on the vegetation of the Colorado Plateau. H. Cannon L. (1953) Geobotanical...prospecting for uranium on La Ventana Mesa, Sandoval County, New Mexico. .,3d ed. H. C. Dake (1953) The uranium...and J. H. Soule (1955) Uranium ynining on the Colorado Plateau. Jack DeMent and H. C. Dake (1947) Handbook...V. C. Kelley (1955a) Regional tectonics of the Colorado Plateau and relationship to the origin and distribution...currence of uranium and vanadium minerals from the Colorado Plateaus. For maps showing the location of uranium
Book (edition)
Deposits The Bisbee District Tl1e Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger 17 17 21 3. Uranium and Vanadium Deposits...The Cameron Area 24 24 27 4. "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine 29 5. Arizona Meteorites 31... Wulfenite. Glove mine, Cottonwood Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Santa Cruz County. Bandy collection...79 mine, Gila County. Wayne Darby collection. Jeff Kurtzeman. Wulfenite on mottramite. 79 mine, Gila...Gila County. Wayne Thompson collection. Jeff Kurtzeman. - Introduction Since the inception of modern
Book (edition)
Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were probably mined...Deposits The Bisbee District The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger Lee Le 2A 3. Uranium and Vanadium Deposits...The Cameron Area 24 24 Ld 4. “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine 29 5. Arizona Meteorites ol... Wulfenite. Glove mine, Cottonwood Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Santa Cruz County. Bandy collection... 79 mine, Gila County. Wayne Darby collection. Jeff Kurtzeman. Wulfenite on mottramite. 79 mine, Gila
 
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