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


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Powellite

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

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

Summit group, Cookes Peak Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Powellite
Formula:Ca(MoO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Powellite 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:1568291
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1568291:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Powellite
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘCopper Mine (Copperton Mine), Old Hadley Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
54.4km (33.8 miles) ⓘGulf Minerals prospect, Mine Hill, Victorio District (Gage District), Victorio Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
54.9km (34.1 miles) ⓘGulf Oil Victorio Project, Victorio District (Gage District), Victorio Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
99.9km (62.1 miles) ⓘBlack Bed deposit, Iron Mountain No. 2 District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
References
Yang, Hexiong, Gu, Xiangping, Sousa, Francis X., Gibbs, Ronald B., McGlasson, James A., Downs, Robert T. (2023) Raydemarkite, the Natural Analogue of Synthetic α-MoO3·H2O, from Cookes Peak, Luna County, New Mexico, USA. The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, 61 (1) 203-213 doi:10.3749/2200049
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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