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Hughesite from
Blue Streak Mine, Montrose County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hughesite
Formula:Na3Al(V10O28) · 22H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Andersonite1
Pascoite1
Corvusite1
Montroseite1
Hummerite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hughesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blue Streak Mine, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:964185
Long-form Identifier:1:3:964185:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hughesite
13.4km (8.3 miles) ⓘWest Sunday Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, Colorado, USA
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘSunday Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, Colorado, USA
15.2km (9.4 miles) ⓘSaint Jude Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, Colorado, USA
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘBurro Mine, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
28.6km (17.8 miles) ⓘSuncup No. 2 Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, Colorado, USA
92.8km (57.7 miles) ⓘLittle Eva Mine, Yellow Cat Mesa, Thompsons Mining District, Grand County, Utah, USA
References
Kampf, Anthony R., Hughes, John M., Marty, Joe, Nash, Barbara P., Chen, Yu-Sheng, Steele, Ian M. (2014) Bluestreakite, K4Mg2(V4+2V5+8O28)·14H2O, a new mixed-valence decavanadate mineral from the Blue Streak Mine, Montrose County, Colorado: crystal structure and descriptive mineralogy. The Canadian Mineralogist, 52 (6) 1007-1018 doi:10.3749/canmin.1400072
 
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