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Specularite from
Eighty-Five Mine (85 Mine; Superior Mine; Dundee Mine; Jim Crow Mine), Virginia District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hematite var: Specularite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Specularite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Eighty-Five Mine (85 Mine; Superior Mine; Dundee Mine; Jim Crow Mine), Virginia District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:176913
Long-form Identifier:1:3:176913:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Specularite
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘBonney Mine (Banner Mine), Virginia District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘAnita Mine, Virginia District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘHenry Clay Mine, Virginia District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘAtwood-Henry Clay Mine (Alamo Mine), Virginia District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘAda Etta Mine (Mikesell group), Virginia District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
38.1km (23.7 miles) ⓘJohn Malone Shaft, Southwest and Central Burro Mts Area, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
38.2km (23.7 miles) ⓘMoody Workings, Southwest and Central Burro Mts Area, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
45.3km (28.2 miles) ⓘBlue Jay Mine, White Signal Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
49.8km (30.9 miles) ⓘApache Trail Mine, Tyrone Area, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
50.7km (31.5 miles) ⓘCalifornia Gulch Fluorspar Prospects, Deadman Canyon-California Gulch-Whitewater Canyon Area, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
References
NMGS 21st Field Conference
 
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