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Fluorite from
Snowbird Mine (McRay Mine; McCrae; Red Bluffs), Valley County, Idaho, 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 Snowbird Mine (McRay Mine; McCrae; Red Bluffs), Valley County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:451304
Long-form Identifier:1:3:451304:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘIndependence Mine, Big Creek Mining District, Valley County, Idaho, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘAntimony Rainbow Group Mine (Dokka; Yellow Jacket; Northern Crown; Empress; Logan; Dixie; Goldman & McRae; New Year; Gold King; Golden West; Palo Alto), Big Creek Mining District, Valley County, Idaho, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘGolden Way Up Mine (Ludwig; Nevitt; Last Chance; Laufer & Davis), Valley County, Idaho, USA
11.0km (6.9 miles) ⓘProfile Gap Deposit (Wilson Group; Profile Gap Prospect; Syringa; Wallace-Mitchell Claims; Wilson Mine; Syringa; Sam Wilson Tunnel), Profile Mining District, Valley County, Idaho, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘFish Lake, Valley County, Idaho, USA
30.5km (18.9 miles) ⓘDewey Mine, Thunder Mountain Mining District, Valley County, Idaho, USA
49.5km (30.8 miles) ⓘSmothers Fluorspar Prospect (Big Squaw Creek Fluorite; Big Squaw Creek Fluorite; Nousson Mine; Brown Cub 1 and 2 and Green Spar Claims), Salmon River Breaks, Salmon River Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho, USA
51.3km (31.9 miles) ⓘPungo Creek Fluorspar Prospect, Valley County, Idaho, USA
59.9km (37.2 miles) ⓘAparejo Creek Fluorite Prospect, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
60.2km (37.4 miles) ⓘSullivan Uranium Prospect, Valley County, Idaho, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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