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Fluorite from
Summit group (Poe Mines), Cookes Peak Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA


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Fluorite

Summit group, Cookes Peak Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
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Fluorite

Summit group, Cookes Peak Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
03859600017370489397949.jpg
Fluorite

Summit group, Cookes Peak Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
07795840017370489398975.jpg
Fluorite

Summit group, Cookes Peak Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
03859600017370489397949.jpg
Fluorite

Summit group, Cookes Peak Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
07795840017370489398975.jpg
Fluorite

Summit group, Cookes Peak Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Summit group (Poe Mines), Cookes Peak Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1018538
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1018538:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘSurprise Mine, Cookes Peak Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘLookout Prospect, José Mining District, Cookes Peak Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
4.4km (2.8 miles) ⓘSection 27 Prospect, Cookes Peak Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘWhite Eagle Mine, Northern Cooks Range Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘLinda Vista Prospects, Northern Cooks Range Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘGoat Ridge prospect, Fluorite Ridge Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘGreen Spar Mine (Grattan State Land; Cox prospect), Fluorite Ridge Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘTiptop Prospect, Fluorite Ridge Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
16.8km (10.4 miles) ⓘGratton Fluorspar Mine, Fluorite Ridge Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
16.8km (10.4 miles) ⓘGrattan Mine (Gratton Mine), Fluorite Ridge Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
References
Ramon S. DeMark
Dr. Virgil W Lueth
Abstract, "A New Mexico Occurrence of sidwillite and other molybdenum minerals", 37th Annual New Mexico Mineral Symposium
Yang, Hexiong, Gu, Xiangping, Gibbs, Ronald B., Downs, Robert T. (2023) Virgilluethite: A New Mineral and the Natural Analogue of Synthetic β-MoO3·H2O, from Cookes Peak, Luna County, New Mexico, USA. The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, 61 (6) 1151-1162 doi:10.3749/2300041
 
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