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Apatite from
Big Rock deposit, Mesa de la Jarita, Las Tablas, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Big Rock deposit, Mesa de la Jarita, Las Tablas, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:638689
Long-form Identifier:1:3:638689:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
9.7km (6.1 miles) ⓘWhite Pegmatite (Lyons deposit), Alamos area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘSunnyside mine, Alamos area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
11.0km (6.8 miles) ⓘGlobe pegmatite (Globe Mine), South Petaca, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
46.5km (28.9 miles) ⓘHarding Mine, Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
54.2km (33.7 miles) ⓘQuesta Molybdenum Mine (Questa Mine; Moly Mine; R and S Mine), Questa Mining District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
65.6km (40.8 miles) ⓘJemez Mountains, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA
88.2km (54.8 miles) ⓘPidlite deposit, Mora County, New Mexico, USA
References
Schreyer, W., Chinner, G. A. (1966) Staurolite-quartzite bands in kyanite quartzite at Big Rock, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 12 (3) 223-244 doi:10.1007/bf00518081
 
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