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Fluorite from
Iron Mountain No. 2 District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Beryl1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Iron Mountain No. 2 District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:172380
Long-form Identifier:1:3:172380:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Fluorite in this Region
Black Bed deposit, Iron Mountain No. 2 District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Old Adit body, Discovery Gulch, Iron Mountain No. 2 District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Scheelemite mine, Iron Mountain No. 2 District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.1km (0.1 miles) Iron Mountain No. 2 District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Old Adit body, Discovery Gulch, Iron Mountain No. 2 District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Black Bed deposit, Iron Mountain No. 2 District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Scheelemite mine, Iron Mountain No. 2 District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) Unnamed prospect NMSO0511, Ojo Caliente No. 2 Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
7.9km (4.9 miles) Fairview prospect, Cuchillo Negro Mining District, Sierra Cuchillo (Cuchillo Negro Mts), Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) Cocar prospect, Ojo Caliente No. 2 Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
10.1km (6.2 miles) Unnamed prospect NMSO0512, Ojo Caliente No. 2 Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) Vindicator group (Vindicator-West Contact group [1890's]; Vindicator and West Contact; Vindicator Mine), Cuchillo Negro Mining District, Sierra Cuchillo (Cuchillo Negro Mts), Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
13.5km (8.4 miles) Prospectors Delight Mine, Cuchillo Negro Mining District, Sierra Cuchillo (Cuchillo Negro Mts), Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
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