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Fluorite from
Hope Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hope Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:215511
Long-form Identifier:1:3:215511:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘTrout Mine (Gem; Algonquin Group; Speckled Trout; Pocahontas; Brooklyn; Kitty Clyde; Neversweat), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘAlgonquin Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘScratch Awl Mine, Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘHorton Mine (Imperial Mine; Midnight Mine; Silver Chief Mine; True Fissure Mine), Durango & Moorlight Group (Durango & Moonlight Group), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘBanker Claim (Bryan and Banker Claim), South Boulder Creek Mining District (Princeton Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
23.1km (14.4 miles) ⓘJetty-Balkan Mine, Olson Gulch Mining District, Deer Lodge County, Montana, USA
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘMill Creek Occurrence, Anaconda Range, Deer Lodge County, Montana, USA
37.1km (23.1 miles) ⓘWeathervane Hill Occurrence, Anaconda Range, Deer Lodge County, Montana, USA
49.7km (30.9 miles) ⓘAnderson Mine (Bishop Adit; Bishop Mine; Spokane Chemical Company Workings; Brock Creek; Brock Mine; Brock-Anderson; Warm Springs Creek Mine; Warm Springs Creek Mine), Garrison Mining District, Powell County, Montana, USA
57.9km (36.0 miles) ⓘCrystal Mountain Fluorspar Mine (Lumberjack Outcrops; Crystal Mountain Mine Retirement Group), Sapphire Mountains Area, Ravalli County, Montana, USA
References
Prinz, William C. (1967) Geology and ore deposits of the Philipsburg district, Granite County, Montana. Bulletin 1237. US Geological Survey p.1-66. doi:10.3133/b1237
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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