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Little Lulu Mine, Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 41' 21'' North , 109° 33' 47'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
31.68944,-109.56333
GRN:
N22W66
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Elfrida459 (2011)11.7km
McNeal238 (2011)14.1km
Sunizona281 (2011)23.0km
Pirtleville1,744 (2015)36.9km
Douglas16,592 (2017)38.4km
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ClubLocationDistance
Sunsites Gem and Mineral ClubPearce, Arizona34km
Mindat Locality ID:
51321
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:51321:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Spar No. 1


A surface and underground Be-Fluorspar-Cu-Mn-Ag-Au prospect located in the NE¼ sec. 23, T20S, R27E.

Mineralization is related to a two foot (0.6 meter) thick fault zone. Alteration is contact metasomatism. Beryl is tactite and meta-limestone with Fluorite and copper and manganese minerals.

Exploration trenches. No production reported.

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2 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 3 - Halides
ⓘFluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘBeryl9.CJ.05Be3Al2(Si6O18)

List of minerals for each chemical element

BeBeryllium
Beⓘ BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
OOxygen
Oⓘ BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
FFluorine
Fⓘ FluoriteCaF2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
CaCalcium
Caⓘ FluoriteCaF2

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Link to USGS MRDS:10097335

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Mexico
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
USA

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References

Stewart, L.A., U.S. Bureau of Mines file 467, Fluorspar Summary Reports, Arizona Summary Report 1.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10097335, MRDS ID #TC00287.
Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources (1976) Minerals Availability System: Arizona Fluorspar, March.
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.
Anthony, John W., Williams, Sidney A., Bideaux, Richard A., Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.
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