A Fluorspar occurrence/prospect with surface workings located in the E½ sec. 17, T16S, R30E. Discovered 1970. The lat/long. is for a portion of Indian Creek that runs through the eastern half of the section near the center.

Mineralization is a vein deposit in a fault zone. Limestone is in fault contact with a quartz porphyry intrusive. The ore is coarsely crystalline, green and purple fluorite.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

ⓘ Fluorite

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Fluorite

Formula: CaF₂

Colour: Purple and green

Description: Coarsely crystalline.

References:

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10056462, MRDS ID #TC00289.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 3 - Halides
ⓘ	Fluorite	3.AB.25	CaF₂

List of minerals for each chemical element

F	Fluorine
F	ⓘ Fluorite	CaF₂
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Fluorite	CaF₂

Other Databases

Link to USGS MRDS:	10056462

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

Mexico

Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range

North AmericaContinent

North America PlateTectonic Plate

USA

Arizona
- Cochise County
  - Chiricahua MountainsMountain Range
    - California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District)Mining District

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References

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10056462, MRDS ID #TC00289; and, Dep. ID #10258735, MAS ID #0040030303.

Elevatorski, E.A. (1971), Arizona Fluorspar, Arizona Department of Mineral Resources, U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 5651: 12.

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.

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