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Fluorapatite from
Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA


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Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
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Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
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Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorapatite
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3F
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Muscovite4
Whitlockite3
Beryl3
Quartz3
Schorl3
Cryptomelane2
Montgomeryite1
Microcline1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorapatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:44216
Long-form Identifier:1:3:44216:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘHelen Beryl Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘLithia Lode, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) ⓘTin Mountain Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
5.7km (3.6 miles) ⓘRoss Mine, Berne, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
5.7km (3.6 miles) ⓘWonder lode (Duncan's Little Wonder mine), Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘCrown Mine (McMackin Mine), Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
9.4km (5.8 miles) ⓘCuster Mountain lode (Snookum mine), Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘWhite Elephant Mine, Cicero Peak, Pringle, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘClimax mica mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘBull Moose Mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
References
Rocks & Minerals: 60: 117.
Leavens, Peter B., Roberts, Willard L., Dunn, Pete J., Campbell, Thomas J. (1983) Red Montgomeryite and Associated Minerals from the Tip Top Pegmatite [South Dakota] With Notes on Kingsmountite and Calcioferrite. The Mineralogical Record, 14 (3) 195-197
 
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