Locality type: | Mining District |
Classification |
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Species: | Wulfenite |
Formula: | Pb(MoO4) |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Wulfenite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Cuchillo Negro Mining District, Sierra Cuchillo (Cuchillo Negro Mts), Sierra County, New Mexico, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 233265 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:233265:9 |
GUID (UUID V4): | b4fa1180-d13d-4bd0-92bb-78dea2cbcf94 |
Localities for Wulfenite in this Region |
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Confidence Mine, Cuchillo Negro Mining District, Sierra Cuchillo (Cuchillo Negro Mts), Sierra County, New Mexico, USA |
Dictator Mine (Dictator and Covington), Cuchillo Negro Mining District, Sierra Cuchillo (Cuchillo Negro Mts), Sierra County, New Mexico, USA |
References |
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Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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| | Journal (issue) | Amado, Arizona, was one of the most productive wulfenite localities in the state. Following the discovery...pocket in 1955 at least 25 others were found as mining progressed. The contents of these, which ranged...at least 350 powder boxes full of good-quality wulfenite specimens were removed from the mine, in addition...in 1958: “The first large scale occurrence of wulfenite that I observed was dike-like in shape and extended...along the south side of the main ore zone. The wulfenite in this pocket was golden orange in color and |
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