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Quartz from
Purple Heart Mine, Wild Horse Mesa, Telegraph Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Purple Heart Mine, Wild Horse Mesa, Telegraph Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:176352
Long-form Identifier:1:3:176352:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘClover Leaf Prospect (Blackmar Prospect; Blackmoor), Wild Horse Mesa, Telegraph Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘReed Fluorite Mine, Wild Horse Mesa, Telegraph Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘHard Pan Mine (German Mine), Telegraph Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘButterfly Seep area, Telegraph Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘRambling Ruby, Wild Horse Mesa, Telegraph Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘBarite prospect No. 1, Telegraph Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘTelegraph Mine, Telegraph Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
5.2km (3.3 miles) ⓘBarite prospect No. 2, Telegraph Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘLead Mountain, Telegraph Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
7.5km (4.6 miles) ⓘHummingbird Mine, Telegraph Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
References
Gillerman, Elliot G. (1964) Mineral deposits of western Grant County, New Mexico. Bulletin 83. New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources 213pp. doi:10.58799/b-83
McLemore, Virginia T. (2005) Mineral resources of the Wild Horse Mesa area, northeastern Burro Mountains, Grant County, New Mexico. Open-file Report 486. New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources doi:10.58799/OFR-486
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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