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Fluorite from
Paradise Area Fluorite deposits, Paradise, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Comments:Occurs in quartz veins.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Paradise Area Fluorite deposits, Paradise, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:246614
Long-form Identifier:1:3:246614:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘHilltop Mine, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘPague prospect (Indian Creek prospect), Indian Creek, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed prospect [10009976], Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) ⓘPurple Star prospect, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
30.5km (19.0 miles) ⓘBob Montgomery Claim Group, Granite Gap, San Simon Mining District, Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
31.5km (19.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed prospect [10094262], San Simon Mining District, Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
33.1km (20.6 miles) ⓘUranium Hill prospect (Uranium Hill claims), Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
36.0km (22.4 miles) ⓘMineral Mountain Mine, Kimball, San Simon Mining District, Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
41.1km (25.6 miles) ⓘLittle Lulu Mine, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
41.8km (26.0 miles) ⓘThompson Beryl claims, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
A.I.M.E. Ore Deposits of the Western States (1933): 166.
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 43
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.223
 
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