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Unnamed Fluorspar occurrence [1], Alamo Lake Dam, Alamo Mining District, Buckskin Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
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Unnamed Fluorspar occurrence [1]Occurrence
Alamo Lake DamDam
Alamo Mining DistrictMining District
Buckskin MountainsMountain Range
La Paz CountyCounty
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USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 9' 18'' North , 113° 38' 8'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
34.15500,-113.63556
GRN:
N23W68
Type:
Occurrence
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Wenden728 (2011)38.0km
Salome1,530 (2011)41.6km
Utting126 (2011)42.1km
Bouse996 (2011)42.1km
Vicksburg597 (2011)46.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
185657
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:185657:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A surface Fluorspar occurrence located in sec. 5, T9N, R13W, GSRM, 9.1 km (5.6 miles) SSW of the Alamo Lake Dam, in the Ives Peak area*. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is meters.

* NOTE: There is no "Ives Peak" listed in the USGS GNIS database.

Mineralization is a vein deposit (Mineral occurrence model: Model code 174; USGS model code 26b; deposit model name: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)), hosted in sheared Neoproterozoic gneiss. Local rocks include Early Proterozoic metamorphic rocks.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Fluorite
Formula: CaF2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 3 - Halides
ⓘFluorite3.AB.25CaF2

List of minerals for each chemical element

FFluorine
Fⓘ FluoriteCaF2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ FluoriteCaF2

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Link to USGS MRDS:10056469

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North America PlateTectonic Plate

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References

(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file ID # 0040120281
Elevatorski, E.A. (1978), Arizona Industrial Minerals, Arizona Department of Mineral Resources, Minerals Report No. 2: 67.
Phillips, Ken A. (1987) Arizona Industrial Minerals - Department of Mines & Minerals Report #4 (2nd ed.). Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources. 197 pp.
Peirce, H. Wesley (1990), Arizona Geological Survey Industrial Minerals card file.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
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