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Fluorapatite from
Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorapatite
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3F
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz101
Fluorite64
Rhodochrosite54
Pyrite22
Tetrahedrite Subgroup21
Hübnerite14
Sphalerite8
Chalcopyrite4
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorapatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (35 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:32713
Long-form Identifier:1:3:32713:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite
0.1km (0.1 miles) Detroit City Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
34.1km (21.2 miles) Eagle Mine, Gilman, Gilman Mining District (Battle Mountain Mining District; Red Cliff Mining District), Eagle County, Colorado, USA
53.9km (33.5 miles) Crystal Lode pegmatite, Fulford Mining District, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
55.7km (34.6 miles) Henderson Mine, Dailey Mining District (Jones Pass Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
68.3km (42.4 miles) Italian Mountain, Taylor Park, Dorchester Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
77.2km (48.0 miles) Creswell Mine, Bergen Park area, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
79.2km (49.2 miles) Sedalia Mine (Sedalia Copper Mine), Sedalia Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
81.6km (50.7 miles) Rose Dawn Mine (Rose Dawn Mica Mine; North Mine), Micanite Mining District (Currant Creek Mining District), Colorado, USA
88.1km (54.8 miles) Climax Mine (Mine No. 8 U.S. Mica Company; Climax Mica Mine), Micanite Mining District (Currant Creek Mining District), Colorado, USA
89.4km (55.6 miles) Dinosaur Ridge, Morrison Area, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
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