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Fluorite from
Big Dome Mine (Big Dome claim; Big Dome prospect; Promontorio group; Senora; Big Dome-Dusty No. 4 claim), Buckeye vein group, Castle Dome Mine group, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Comments:Abundant.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Big Dome Mine (Big Dome claim; Big Dome prospect; Promontorio group; Senora; Big Dome-Dusty No. 4 claim), Buckeye vein group, Castle Dome Mine group, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:208187
Long-form Identifier:1:3:208187:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘLittle Dome Mine (Linda Extension Mine; Little Dome claim), Castle Dome Mine group, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘDe Luce Mine (De Luce claims; Fera Mine; La Lola mine), Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘMable Mine group (Mabel claims), Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘSenora Mine (Señora Mine; Senora Mine group; Señora claims; Linda group), Haack Mine group, Castle Dome Mine group, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘStrong claims (Mabel Mine; Puzzler Mine), Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘCastle Dome Mine (Castle Dome claim), Buckeye vein group, Castle Dome Mine group, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘAdams Mine group (Adams claims), Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘFlora Temple Mine (Flora Temple Extension Mine), Castle Dome Mine group, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘHaack Mine group, Castle Dome Mine group, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘRailroad Mine (Diana; Diana Railroad), Hull Mine group (Rialto Mine group; Hull group of claims; Rialto claims), Buckeye vein group, Castle Dome Mine group, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
References
Allan, M.A. & G.M. Butler (1921b), Fluorite, AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 114
Wilson, E.D. (1951, July) Arizona Zinc and Lead Deposits - Part II. University of Arizona Bulletin 158. Arizona Bureau of Mines
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 44.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.225
 
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