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Fluorite from
Round Top prospects, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Round Top prospects, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:204052
Long-form Identifier:1:3:204052:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘLittle Round Top prospects, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘLittle Blanca Mountain prospects, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) ⓘSierra Blanca occurrences (north), Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘSierra Blanca occurrences (south), Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘBonanza Mine, Quitman Mountains, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
18.1km (11.3 miles) ⓘCowan Ranch Wind Canyon Mine, Eagle Mountains, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
18.1km (11.3 miles) ⓘCowan Ranch fluorite locality, Quitman Mountains, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘGranite Hill prospect, Quitman Mountains, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
48.0km (29.8 miles) ⓘEagle Spring Mine, Eagle Mountains, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
48.0km (29.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed prospect (MA-HU-I14-3), Eagle Mountains, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
References
Price, Jonathan G (1983) Annotated Bibliography of Mineral Deposits in Trans-Pecos, Texas Vol. 73. Bureau of Economic Geology, Texas Mining. 108pp.
Elliott, Brent A. (2018) "Petrogenesis of Heavy Rare Earth Element Enriched Rhyolite: Source and Magmatic Evolution of the Round Top Laccolith, Trans-Pecos, Texas" Minerals 8, no. 10: 423. https://doi.org/10.3390/min8100423
Piccione, G., Rasbury, E. T., Elliott, B. A., Kyle, J. R., Jaret, S. J., Acerbo, A. S., ... & Parrish, R. R. (2019). Vein fluorite U-Pb dating demonstrates post–6.2 Ma rare-earth element mobilization associated with Rio Grande rifting. Geosphere, 15(6), 1958-1972.
 
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