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Turquoise from
Granite Gap, San Simon Mining District, Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Gap
Classification
Species:Turquoise
Formula:CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Turquoise data
Locality Data:Click here to view Granite Gap, San Simon Mining District, Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1245744
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1245744:1
GUID (UUID V4):255a570e-2659-4b63-aa15-dd0e87df007c
Nearest other occurrences of Turquoise
26.4km (16.4 miles) Unnamed Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Sb-Cd prospect (Shaft; Trench; Decline prospect), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
52.9km (32.9 miles) Miss Pickle mine, Eureka Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
54.9km (34.1 miles) Silver King mine, National Group, Eureka Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
76.0km (47.2 miles) Red Hill Turquoise Mine, White Signal Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
77.8km (48.3 miles) Chapman Turquoise Mine, White Signal Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
82.0km (51.0 miles) Parker Mine, Tyrone Area, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
83.8km (52.1 miles) Porterfield Mine, Tyrone Area, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
84.1km (52.3 miles) Burro Chief Mine, Tyrone Area, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
84.2km (52.3 miles) Azure Mine, Tyrone Area, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
86.7km (53.9 miles) Last Chance Mine (1907 Mine), Casey Hill, Courtland, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of the Granite Gap Mines JOAN BEYER 5030 Beyer Road Las Cruces. New Mexico 88011 RON GIBBS P...P.O. Box 448 Tyrone, New Mexico 88065 rggibbs@cybermesa.com All photos by Ron Gibus of specimens from...his collection Figure 1. Looking northeast to Granite Gap Mountain, with banana yucca and ocotillo in the...of the mountain. I I he southwest corner of New Mexico, known as the "Boot I Heel." is usually ignored...most fascinat­ ing sites is Granite Gap, where the mines of Granite Gap Mountain have yielded a colorful
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
wire and leaf gold, smoky quark, and turquoise specimens, New Mexico boasts an array of mineral species...Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 THE PURPOSE OF THIS INDEX is to provide a comprehensive listing of New Mexico...Particular attention was directed toward incorporating new information on discoveries and occurrences, although...to compile all of the mineral occurrences in New Mexico-a venture of that magnitude is beyond the scope...Minerals of New Mexico is the basic reference for locations. Abstracts from the New Mexico mineral symposia
Map
resource map 24 Mining Districts and Prospect Areas in New Mexico by Virginia T. McLemore edited by...Shari Kelley New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources A division of New Mexico Institute of...of Mining and Technology Socorro, New Mexico 2017 Mining Districts and Prospect Areas of New Mexico by...McLemore Shari A. Kelley (editor) Copyright © 2017 New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources Nelia...Director and State Geologist Mining Districts and Prospect Areas in New Mexico by Virginia T. McLemore edited
Map
New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Resource Map 15 March 1986 Silver and gold occurrences...occurrences in New Mexico by Robert M. North and Virginia T. Mclemore New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources...Resources, Socorro, New Mexico 87801 Abstract Anomalous amounts of silver and/or gold have been identified...identified in 153 mining districts or prospect areas of New Mexico. Production from most of these occurrences...200,000 ounces of silver. Silver and gold in New Mexico occur in 14 distinct types of deposits ranging
Report (issue)
assessment of the Silver City I°x2° quadrangle, New Mexico-Arizona by D. H. Richter, W. N. Sharp, K. C... INTRODUCTION The Silver City l°x 2° quadrangle, New Mexico-Arizona, has a wide variety of metallic and nonmetallic...southern Basin and Range province of southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona. Bedrock of the ranges...deposit types in the Silver City l°x 2° quadrangle, New Mexico-Arizona, showing some geologic characteristics...and limestone replacement. Deposits in Central mining region associated with large eruptive complex.
Book (edition)
org/details/mineralsofnewmexOOnort MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO Before all things, there which has them ...that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933 MINERALS of New Mexico STUART A...Mew Mexico PROPERTY OF HBSIER JR. HIGH SCH LIBRARY Revised Edition UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS...ALBUQUERQUE © 1944. 1959. UNIVERSITY OFNEW MEXICO PRESS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED REVISED EDITION LIBRARY...BOUND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRINTING PLANT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, U. S. A. FOR IVAH 1
Report (issue)
of New Mexico by JOHN H. SCHILLING 1965 STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE...INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING Sc TECHNOLOGY................................... Governor of New Mexico Leonard DeLayo ................................................... Socorro For sale by the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Campus............................................... 7 Mining ..............................................
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF NEW MEXICO FAYETTE A. JONES, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 1 THE M I N E RAL RESOURCES OF N E W MEXICO BY FAYETTE...FAYETTE A. JONES 1915 SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO ALBRIGHT & ANDERSON, PRINTERS-BINDERS, ALBUQUERQUE Published... Published by Authority of the Board of Regents of the New Mexico State School of Mines L E T T E R OF TRANSMITTAL...Governor, Santa Fe, New Mexico. DEAR SIR: On behalf of the Board of Regents of the New Mexico State School...Resources Survey, entitled "The Mineral Resources of New Mexico," which I trust may prove of some value to the
Report (issue)
OF NEW MEXICO FAYETTE A. JONES, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 1 THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO BY FAYETTE... ALBRIGHT & NEW ANDERSON. ALBUQUERQUE. MEXICO PRINTERS NEW • BINDERS MEXICO STATE SCHOOL...SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF NEW MEXICO FAYETTE A. M. B. JONES, DIRECTOR DONAHUE...MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO BY FAYETTE A. JONES 1915 SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO ÜBRIdMr A ANDERSON...Board by Authority of the of Regents of the New Mexico State School of Mines LETTER To OF TRANSMITTAL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rhodochrosite on sulfides, Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, Martin Zinn specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Keweenaw County, Michigan. A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum specimen, John A. Jaszczak photo. Adamite, New Mexico...African Localities, R. I. Gait, 25-30 Agardite-(Y), New Mexico, 301 Agate, Colorado, 233, 252-68; Michigan,...Arsenogoyazite, New Mexico, 301 Art, see Robinson, S. Ashwal, L. D., see Geo-Currents Aurichalcite, New Mexico, 301...301 Austinite, New Mexico, 301 Austria, epidote, 328-32 Azurite, Tsumeb, 21; Tsumeb, Namibia, and Touissit
Report (issue)
BULLETIN 39 The Metal Resources of New Mexico and Their Economic Features Through 1954 A revision of...RESOURCES NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE...INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY E. J. Workman, President STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES Alvin...THE HONORABLE EDWIN L. MECHEM………...Governor of New Mexico MRS. GEORGIA L. LUSK ......................Superintendent...Dealing With the Geology and Mineral Resources of New Mexico ............................................
Report (issue)
OR PROFE SIONAL PAPER 68 THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXI.CO BY WALDEMAR LINDGREN, LOUIS C. GRATON AND...PRQ)tESSIONAL PAPER 68 T·H E ORE DEPOSITS O.F NEW MEXICO.. . . ., .,· ;,.: BY WALDEMAR LINpGREN,........ . J,5 Historical sketch of mining and smelting in New Mexico....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... : . .............. - ........ .. . . T~os County, by L. C. Graton and W ..Lindgren ..... ................. . . , ... -.. . Rio Hondo. (Twining) district . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................
Report (issue)
NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY E. J. Workman, President STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL...THE REGENTS MnlrsrRs Ex Orrrcro .Goaernor of New Mexico Tnn HoNonarr.n JoHN F. SIuus . Superintendent...Map r87 Information PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE BY NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES t89 r89...reports on.the geo-Iogy and minerar technorogy of New Ml*i.o that harre lppeared from the earliest years...the Index. Part III, Maps,-is a listof mapj o_f New Mexico other than geologic maps, which are included
Report (issue)
ASHLEY SCHMITT "As !look back on four decades in mining geology I am impressed by the magnitude of the...geologists who developed the art and science of mining geology into a leading factor in the unprecedented...detailed ore deposit studies to the exploration for new mines. Our generation, in 1. Presented to the Arizona...their concepts of applied ore deposition with the new techniques of geochemistry and geophysics. vi ...1926. His thesis work in the Parral District of Chihauhua, Mexico, (1931) and other investigations in
Report (issue)
New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Socorro, New Mexico 87801 OPEN FILE REPORT ,55 This...not been edited or reviewed for conformity to New Mexico Bureau of Mines standards. i n Veins RadioactiveOccurrences...Rocks of N e w Mexico with. Annotated Bibl2ography by V i r g i n i a T. McLemore New Mexico Bureau of...in veins and igneous and metamorphic rocks of New Mexico. The citations are indexed by individual radioactive...radioactive occurrence, geographic area, county, fluorspar deposits and occurrences, geochemical analyses
Book (volume)
erosional debris spreading out from the Rocky Mountains as they rose during the Larimide revolution of...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford
Book
A GUIDE NEW TO TREASURE MEXICO IN A GUIDE TO TREASURE IN NEW MEXICO By Thomas Penfield Cover...TREASURE IN NEVADA ¢ A GUIDE TO TREASURE IN NEW e A GUIDE TO TREASURE IN MISOURI e A GUIDE ...TREASURE IN KENTUCKY Treasure Reference — MEXICO A GUIDE FREE LOST — ¢ A GUIDE ¢ AND AND...ig , *re Le wotom Ae a INTRODUCTION Ne Mexico is a land of dead cities, of ghosts of the Conquistadores...hunt in the United States. In the folk tales of New Mexico, stories of buried treasure weave their plots
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip
Report (volume)
UNITED STATES PART F. THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES NEW ORLEANS TO LOS ANGELES BY N. H. DARTON UNITED STATES...Ages interpolated from Holmes, Age of the Earth, New York, Harper & Bros., 1927. ' Epoch names omitted;..._______________________________________________________ New Orleans, La., to Lobo, Tex._______________________________...Calif.___------__----__-__--_-----Yuma, Ariz., to San Diego, Calif-_-_-___---__-----__-__--_----_Bibliography...197 207 218 224 234 239 287 293 297 ILLUSTRATIONS New Orleans to Schriever, La_--_---------_---__-_____--_-_
Book
Collecting HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS ....... New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London 1817 Portions of this...Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10022. Published simultaneously in Canada...Classes of Rocks; Minerals Found in Igneous Rocks; Granite Pegmatite Gems and Minerals; Hydrothermal Mineral...Reading the Geologic Map; Geologic Maps as Guides to New Fields; Other Maps Useful to Gem and Mineral Hunters...Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota
Report (issue)
STRUCTURE OF PARTS OF NEW MEXICO. By N. H. DAKTON. INTRODUCTION. Although New Mexico is not yet producing...as to the structural features of New Mexico. Many of the data are new and are by-products of investigations...different from those of the geologist in search of new oil fields. During the last four years I have studied...region of the Southwest, including a large part of New Mexico, with special reference to the determination...reconnaissance was extended over large portions of New Mexico, especially in areas where the stratigraphy and
Report (issue)
ASHLEY SCHMITT "As !look back on four decades in mining geology I am impressed by the magnitude of the...geologists who developed the art and science of mining geology into a leading factor in the unprecedented...detailed ore deposit studies to the exploration for new mines. Our generation, in 1. Presented to the Arizona...their concepts of applied ore deposition with the new techniques of geochemistry and geophysics. vi ...1926. His thesis work in the Parral District of Chihauhua, Mexico, (1931) and other investigations in
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...museum specimens. Some mineral aggregates, as clay, granite, limestone, sand, and sandstone, are included,... Tenn. California........Mr. William H. Storms, San Francisco. Prof. A. F. Rogers, Stanford University
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia .......................................... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to
 
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