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⇱ Reed Fluorite Mine, Wild Horse Mesa, Telegraph Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA

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Reed Fluorite Mine, Wild Horse Mesa, Telegraph Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USAi
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Reed Fluorite MineMine
Wild Horse MesaMesa
Telegraph Mining DistrictMining District
Grant CountyCounty
New MexicoState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 46' 21'' North , 108° 34' 14'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Cliff293 (2011)21.4km
Gila314 (2011)21.5km
Tyrone637 (2011)26.1km
Silver City10,004 (2017)27.1km
Rosedale394 (2017)30.7km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Grant County Rolling Stones Gem & Mineral Society, Inc.Silver City, New Mexico27km
Mindat Locality ID:
34784
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:34784:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Structure: Nw Trending Fault

Tectonics: Basin And Range

Commodity: Analytical data from williams, f.e., 1966, p. 62.

Deposit: Deposit consists of veins, veinlets, and fluorspar cemented breccia in a northwest-trending fault zone 3 to 4 ft. Thick. Mineralization crops out along strike for about 300 ft. And is exposed in workings to a depth of 50 ft.. Fluorite is coarsely crystalline to massive, pale green to white, and contains octahedral crystals modified by cubes and trisoctahedrons. Four unpatented claims in the early 1950's. This record contains data from record d009832 by ronald g. Worl which has been deleted from mrds. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept

Ore(s): Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

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Mineral List


5 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

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Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

Entries shown in red are rocks recorded for this region.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
ⓘFluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
FFluorine
Fⓘ FluoriteCaF2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ FluoriteCaF2
FeIron
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4

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Link to USGS MRDS:10013293

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