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Fluorite from
Ima Mine, Blue Wing Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hübnerite1
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ima Mine, Blue Wing Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:216373
Long-form Identifier:1:3:216373:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
37.1km (23.0 miles) Troxpar Prospect, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
43.1km (26.8 miles) Cachelot Mine (Chalspar Mine; Marantha Mine; Holterman; Kraken Hill Mine), Challis, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
48.4km (30.1 miles) Last Chance vein, Nuclear Fuels and Rare Metals Corporation Prospect (Lake Vein; Contact Vein; Deer Vein; Silver Queen 52-B; Silver Queen 38-A; Wonder Lode; Cago Vein; Black Bull; Wonder Vein), Lemhi Pass Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
49.1km (30.5 miles) Garden Creek Mine (Garden Creek Silver), Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
49.3km (30.7 miles) Cago No. 12 Claim, Lemhi Pass Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
49.9km (31.0 miles) Little Dandy No. 1 Deposit, McDevitt Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
51.2km (31.8 miles) Chalspar No. 3 Occurrence, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
51.3km (31.9 miles) Keystone Mine (Greyhound), Keystone Mountain, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
51.4km (32.0 miles) Westpar No. 1 Occurrence, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
51.6km (32.1 miles) Chalspar No. 1 Mine (Past Up Vein; West Vein), Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
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