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Fluorite (Fluorspar) (commodity) from
Foster Mine, Gila Fluorspar Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Commodity:Fluorite (Fluorspar) (commodity)
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Fluorite (Fluorspar) (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Foster Mine, Gila Fluorspar Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1453683
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1453683:0
GUID (UUID V4):4f43031a-fa56-4601-b851-4faa45ae1dc5
Nearest other deposits of Fluorite (Fluorspar) (commodity)
1.2km (0.7 miles) Big Spar Prospect, Gila Fluorspar Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Blue Spar prospect, Gila Fluorspar Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Thanksgiving Prospect, Gila Fluorspar Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
1.4km (0.8 miles) Blue Star Prospect, Gila Fluorspar Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Clum Mine, Gila Fluorspar Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Unnamed prospect [10246966], Gila Fluorspar Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Unnamed prospect [10013582], Gila Fluorspar Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Green Spar Mine, Gila Fluorspar Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Victory Prospect, Gila Fluorspar Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Big Tail Prospect, Gila Fluorspar Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES E. H. WELLS, PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR...DIRECTOR B U L L ET I N N O. 4 Fluorspar In New Mexico BY WILLIAM DRUMM JOHNSTON, JR. SOCORRO, N. M...III IV BOARD OF REGENTS Governor of New Mexico, ex-officio, ----------------------------------------...---- Santa Fe B. H. KINNEY, Manager Kinney Coal Mine ---------------------------- Tokay J. M. SULLY,...------------------------------------- Hurley E. M. SAWYER, Mining Engineer ------------------------------------ Tyrone
Report (issue)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A sbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N . Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...Manganese nodules, o cean floor 13. Botryoidal fluorite ore, Poncha Springs, Colo . 14. Tungsten ore,...Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631...discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once they are discovered...depleted, new deposits are found, new extractive technology and uses are developed, and new geologic knowledge
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES Items on new finds are desired. Please send them in. not be determined...an in a recent letter he writes: "Bastnaand old mine tunnel located west of Tucson. There were also calcite...much of the barite with cal- tain Pass, Calif. The mine is about 3 miles cite and galena." David P. Record...Mart, 4400 Mission Road, road leads to the mine. The mine consists of one shaft. Some bastnasite has...crystals. It is an attractive speciassaying. This mine will be a potential men. source of cerium metal
Book (edition)
YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...channels of trade, transportation and consumption, new utilizations, and recent discoveries, have, to a...most part, have been progressive. In addition to new finds of valuable deposits, many of the occurrences...has therefore seemed advisable to pre sent such new information as may bring the whole subject more nearly...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in
Journal (issue)
Kunzite Jadeite or Jade Chloromelanite or Tade New Zealand Tade, Nephrite, Greenstone,. Jade MlNERALOGICAL...LAPIS-LAZULI : TURQUOISE : FLUORITE, FLUORSPAR : Fluorite, Fluorspar Green, yellow, red, blue, violet...Transparent to translucent Turquoise Matrix Fluorspar, Fluorite, Blue T°hn for blue veined massive variety...variety Incorrect Description : Fluorspar should not be called "African Emerald" or "Emerald Matrix" 7 MlNERALOGICAL...one can imagine that some 125 years ago the then new conception did not have the same significance and
Journal (issue)
Vochten & G. Brizzi The Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado ................................185 by...M. Kohler & L. Minnaar Garnet Hill, White Pine County, Nevada .........................................Harris Monazite and caldoancylite from the Foote mine, North Carolina by J. S. White & J. E. Nelen 203....................... 178 by W. E. Wilson What's new in minerals?.......................................Southwest mine, Bisbee, Arizona. For more information on this recent discovery see What's New in Minerab
Report (edition)
MINERAL RESOURCES OF GREAT BRITAIN VOL. IV FLUORSPAR Fourth Edition By K. C. DUNHAM, D.Sc., Ph.D....years in excess of home requirements and much fluorspar has been exported. In Derbyshire the spar has...recourse is being had to the more costly process of mining. In Durham the veins, which were left intact by...examination of the more important occurrences of fluorspar in the fiel� was made by Messrs. R. G. Carruthers...contribute an account of some smaller d�posits of fluorspar which exist in Cornwall. Those of North Wales
Report (issue)
the gold occurrences of the Goldville District of Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Seven of the volume's papers...districts or occurrences including Georgia's Dahlonega district and Royal Vindicator deposit. Depositional types...margin, Zn-Pb resources of the central Kentucky district, and the geochemistry of America's first known...Thennobarometry of Synmetamorphic Gold Deposits, Goldville District, Northern Piedmont, Alabama (Harold H. Stowell...32 The Royal Vindicator Gold Deposit, Haralson County, Georgia: A Metamorphosed Epithermal Hot-Springs
Report (issue)
have been considerable prospecting and mining in the district and notable advances have been mad.e in... CoNtrltrs vlll Pecs 54 Poplar Camp overthrust New Castleton faults Thrust faulting between Austinville...78 Dolomite 78 Calcite 78 ----Barite -----Fluorite Quartz ----- StratigraphicrelationsofzincJeadmineralization...lead in Virginia-----Crystalline area -------- County Selected references Louisa and Spotsylvania counties-----Selected...ah County Botetourt County Troutville Bonsacks -Martin prospect Montgomery County Pulaski County Delton
Book
Ohio State University McGraw-Hill Book Company New York St. Louis San Francisco Toronto London Sydney...activity in general has increased tremendously. Many new p rod ucts have been placed on the m arke t, and...industrial dema nd h as caused much exploration for new mineral deposits and h as led to their discovery...Europe. Asia. Africa. Mexico. Canada. United States. Barile and Witherite, Fluorite, Magnesite and Brucite...Brucite . .. .. ... . Barile and witherite. Fluorite. Magnesite and brucite. Salt, Potash, Gypsum and Anhydrite
Journal (issue)
undersigned, being all of the officers of rhc Clark County Gem Co!l~tors, Inc., most sincerely wish to convey...the future, directions are as follov.•s: gc The new gem field is located about one mile south of U. S...writer was employed by the Michigan College of Mining and Technology as a member of a geological field...writer took advantage of collecting at the numerous mine dumps in the vicinity of Champion. It is hoped that...Michi1a11 The Beacon Mine, operated by the North Range Mining Company, is the only active mine in the Champion
Journal (issue)
Early Precambrian pillow lavas; Munekun Lake, District of Kenora. (Courtesy L. D. Ayres). Lower right:...in a Silurian lagoon about 400 m.y. ago; Welland County. (Courtesy Shell Canada Ltd.). right: left: —...Minister Natural Resources li-4, 000-1964 W T Foster Deputy Minister 2i--4,000-1000mh-1964 3i— 8,000—...Brucite Strontium Mineral Celestite Corundum Fluorspar Fluorite Graphite Kyanite Magnesite Sodalite Lithium...Physiography and Pleistocene Geology St. — 91 Mining in Ontario Mineral Extraction Part III 59 60
Journal (issue)
shedding light on the origin of gemstones themselves. A new phase may now begin by concentrating more intensified...;; yC'%mm i*."* f " j3£ -• wis- gft F*>. 13. Fluorspar : healed fissure, liquid drops being affected...secondary three-phase inclusion is also found in fluorspar from South Africa and in quartz from various sources...the basal cleavage (Fig. 48 and Fig. 49). Fluorite. Fluorspar offers the most characteristic example of...much more powerful healing effect on the damaged fluorspar than a third type of secondary liquid inclusions—the
Book
2 Gypsum 7 Quartz 3 Calcite 8 Topaz 4 Fluorite 9 Corundum 5 Apatite 10 Diamond SPECIFIC...conglomerates. The southern shore of Lake Superior (USA) is the best location to find copper , allegedly...Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode (Nevada, USA) and Cobalt (Canada). Ag Colour: silver-white ...deposits. The main mining areas are In Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:
Book
2 Gypsum 7 Quartz 3 Calcite 8 Topaz 4 Fluorite 9 Corundum 5 Apatite 10 Diamond SPECIFIC...conglomerates. The southern shore of Lake Superior (USA) is the best location to find copper, allegedly the...Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode (Nevada, USA) and Cobalt (Canada). Ag Colour: silver-white ...deposits. The main mining areas are In Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:
Report (issue)
(optical) Cement Clays Diatomite Dolomite Feldspar Fluorspar Gem stones Graphite Lime and limestone Magnesite...and Chemical Corporation near Salinas, Mimtercy County 224-225 Aerial photo showing sea-water chemical...Calaveras County. li, Photo showing Permaneute Cement Company plant, Permanente, Santa Clara County _ A, Photo...Sonora, Tuolumne County. /?, Photo showing Foucii-Tlioinpsdn pumice pit. Siskiyou County Aerial photo showing...showing view east toward clay pits at Lincoln, Placer County Photo showing Kaiser Steel Corporation's blast
Journal (volume)
the manganese ore bed obtained from Llyn Du Bach Mine, Harlech, Merionethshire, Wales. National Museum...COVER: Bob King admiring a fine North Pennine fluorite at the British Mineral and Gem Show in Leicester...Derbyshire (Part 2) Trevor F. Bridges 6-12 Unusual fluorite from Old Towns Quarry, Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham...materials in Leicestershire Francis Ince 25-38 A new assemblage of manganese silicates in the Lower Cambrian... and obtained a post as a student at Leicester (New Walk) Museum, until interrupted by World War II.
Journal (issue)
are 1u1>1>lemented by a tummary of the es,entJol new, from all source, throuihout the territories Before...Geology of the Namwele-Mkomolo Coalfield, Ufi.pa District: with Notes on Underground Exploration carried...and Exports of Nigeria . Geology of the Kingston District of Jamaica • • • • • • • • • • • •...experiments to improve the present growth or trials with new imported material, as already mentioned, may lead...meetings of the Committee. One of the first acts of the new Committee was to appoint a Technical Sub-Committee
Book (edition)
© 2006 by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. All rights reserved. Electronic edition...edition published 2009. © 2006 by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. All rights reserved...edition published 2009. © 2006 by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. All rights reserved...for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. (SME) 8307 Shaffer Parkway Littleton, Colorado, USA 80127...763-3132 www.smenet.org Copyright © 2006 Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. Eletronic edition
Report (issue)
Wales South-Western District • • • • • • • Southern Wales and Welsh Marches District • • • Central and...and South Midlands District • • • • • East Anglia and South-East England District. • • • Land Agent • •...East Midlands District • • • • • North-Western District • • • • • • • North-Eastern District • • • • • •...• • North Wales District • • • • • • • Continental Shelf Unit I • • • • • • • Leeds Drawing Office •...Lowlands District • • • • • • • North Lowlands District • • • • • • • Highlands and Islands District • • •
Book (edition)
years were the primary reference for geologists, mining men, professional prospectors, and mineral enthusiasts...prospecting equipment, the legal intricacies of staking a mining claim, and the identification of promising geological...San Francisco St. Louis New Delhi Panama Kuala Lumpur Montreal London Mexico Toronto Rio de Janeiro Sydney...Sydney Singapore New Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data v Pearl, Richard Maxwell...12. Sampling, Testing, Assaying 13. Staking a Mining Claim 137 149 157 167 Contents PART 3 14
Book
Germany; Pribram, Czechoslovakia; Broken Hill, New South Wales; Chanarcillo, Atacama, Chile; and in...in the states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua, Mexico. In the USA silver occurs at Keweenaw, Michigan, in association...Hill, New South Wales. Found in sandstone at Corocoro, Bolivia, and at Cananea, Mexico. In the USA copper...Michigan; at the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona and at Georgetown, New Mexico. Treatment. Copper specimens...Australia. In the USA gold is often obtained by individual prospectors by placer mining. It is found along
Book (volume)
COOMBS STREET NAPA CA 94559-3396 580 Cliffs, New Jersey J McCrea Adams Ohnuki Production Editor:... Renewable and nonrenewable resources Reserve Mining controversy Rice Rockefeller, John D Roosevelt...synthetic Rubidium Streams and Strip rivers mining Strontium Sugars 791 794 797 Sulfur Sulfur...legislation and cleanup 798 activities Surface Mining Control and Sagebrush Rebellion domes 707 707...accident Tidal energy Timber industry L Underground mining United Nations Environment Programme United States
Report (Issue volume)
of nonfuel minerals and a chapter on trends in mining and quarrying in the metals and industrial mineral...the He in Metallurgy and Materials Science at New York University. Mr. Richard M. Levine is a country...engineer with the State of Texas, 2 years as a mining engineer with HPE Consulting, and 9 years with...Directorate of the Bureau of Mines in 1981 as a mining engineer working on improved efficiency in materials...industry analyst and 2 years experience with the Mining Research Directorate. Dr. Rabchevsky’s work experience
Report (issue)
. 17 South-Western District . . . • • • Southern Wales and Welsh Marches District . 19 • • Central and...and South Midlands District . • . 22 . East Anglia and South-East England District • . 25 Land Agent ...Midlands District . 30 • • • . • • North-Western District . . 33 • • . . • • • North-Eastern District . 35...35 North Wales District . . • • • • . 37 • Continental Shelf Unit I . • • • . 39 . • Leeds Drawing Office...Scotland • • • South Lowlands District . . . . 42 • • . . . 44 North Lowlands District . • • . • • Highlands
 
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