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Monazite Group from
La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Area
Classification
Species:'Monazite Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:REE(PO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Euxenite-(Y)2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Monazite Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1304165
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1304165:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Monazite Group in this Region
Apache No. 1 Mine (Porter; Blue), La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Apache No. 2 Mine, La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Blue Bird deposit, La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Coats Pegmatite (American), La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Conquistidor deposit (Augusta deposit), La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
El Contento deposit, La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Etter deposit, La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Keystone-Western deposit, La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
La Jarita deposit, La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Lone Wolf deposit (Silver Dollar), La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Lonesome deposit, La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Mary deposit, La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Mica Lode deposit, La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Navajo deposit (Summit; Highland), La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
North Star deposit (Miller deposit), La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Pinos Altos deposit, La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Queen deposit, La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Sandoval deposit (Old Black Horse; Kentucky), La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Silver Plate deposit, La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Wyoming deposit, La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Monazite Group
0.0km (0.0 miles) Apache No. 1 Mine (Porter; Blue), La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Sandoval deposit (Old Black Horse; Kentucky), La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Apache No. 2 Mine, La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) Navajo deposit (Summit; Highland), La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) Keystone-Western deposit, La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Silver Plate deposit, La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Wyoming deposit, La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Conquistidor deposit (Augusta deposit), La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Fridlund deposit, Cribbenville area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Gabaldone deposit (Gavalon), Cribbenville area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
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