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Baryte from
Nakaye Mine, Derry District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Comments:Occurs here as small blades to 1 cm or rather blocky crystals to 2 cm, often with fluorite, coating matrix to 10 cm or so. Color is gold to brown due to microscopic inclusions of pyrite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorite9
Calcite4
Pyrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nakaye Mine, Derry District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (18 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:12581
Long-form Identifier:1:3:12581:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
3.1km (1.9 miles) Esperanza Prospect, Derry District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
11.6km (7.2 miles) Velarde Mine, Redhouse Mountain, Salem, Rincon Mining District, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) Palm Park Mine, Palm Park, Rincon Mining District, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) Horseshoe deposit, Rincon Mining District, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
21.9km (13.6 miles) Morgan claims, Rincon Mining District, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
23.1km (14.3 miles) Napolean - Rosa Lee prospect, Caballo Mountains Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
23.6km (14.7 miles) Marian Mine (Marion Mine; Victorio Chief Mine; Victoria Mine; Fidelity group; Marion claim; Ida claim; Cora claim; Rebecca claim; Hillsborough claim), Caballo Mountains Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) Carolyn deposit (Paxton deposit), Caballo Mountains Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
24.8km (15.4 miles) Red Top Vein, Caballo Mountains Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
24.9km (15.5 miles) Harding Prospect, Caballo Mountains Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
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