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Fluorite from
Unnamed Fluorspar occurrence [1], Midland, Little Maria Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Comments:Occurs as large veins in quartzite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed Fluorspar occurrence [1], Midland, Little Maria Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:678598
Long-form Identifier:1:3:678598:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘRed Bluff Fluorspar deposit (Red Bluff deposit), Midland, Little Maria Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘDale 3-X Brown Mine, Midland, Little Maria Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
20.5km (12.7 miles) ⓘFluorspar group of mines (Fluorspar group; Fluor Spar group; Floyd Brown Mine), Packard Well, Palen Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
20.5km (12.7 miles) ⓘFluorspar group (Fluor Spar group; Fluorspar Group of Mines), Packard Well, Palen Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
48.0km (29.8 miles) ⓘOpal Hill Mine, Mule Mountains District (Hodges Mountain District), Riverside County, California, USA
52.9km (32.9 miles) ⓘCopperstone Mine, La Paz Mining District (Weaver Mining District), Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
55.7km (34.6 miles) ⓘBlack Widow Mine (Black Angus Mine; Angus No. 2), Thumb Peak, Palo Verde Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
57.2km (35.5 miles) ⓘEagle Mountain, Eagle Mountains Mining District (Monte Negro Mining District), Eagle Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
61.2km (38.0 miles) ⓘRed Cloud Mine, Pilot Mountain, Chuckwalla Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
72.9km (45.3 miles) ⓘBrewer claims, Plomosa Mining District, Plomosa Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
References
Tucker, W. Burling & Reid J. Sampson (1945), Mineral resources of Riverside County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 41): 41: 164
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 187.
 
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