Specularite from
Plainview prospect, Caballo Mountains Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA

Locality type:

Prospect

Classification

Species:

Hematite var: Specularite

Formula:

Fe₂O₃

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

791531

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:791531:4

GUID (UUID V4):

09d02583-b85f-4103-829b-722f229350c5

References

Page, Lincoln R., Stocking, Hobart E., Smith, Harriet B. (1956) Contributions to the geology of uranium and thorium by the United States Geological Survey and Atomic Energy Commission for the United Nations International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland, 1955. Professional Paper 300. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp300

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	*Northrop, Stuart A. (1959) Minerals of New Mexico* (2nd ed.) University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM.**	Book (edition)
	org/details/mineralsofnewmexOOnort MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO Before all things, there which has them ...that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933 MINERALS of New Mexico STUART A...Mew Mexico PROPERTY OF HBSIER JR. HIGH SCH LIBRARY Revised Edition UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS...ALBUQUERQUE © 1944. 1959. UNIVERSITY OFNEW MEXICO PRESS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED REVISED EDITION LIBRARY...BOUND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRINTING PLANT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, U. S. A. FOR IVAH 1
	*Heinrich, E. William (1958) Mineralogy and Geology of Radioactive Raw Materials. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.*	Book
	of 0.27% U3D8 by mid-1957, of vvhich 70% is in New Mexico, 16% in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, and 8% in...doubtless the U.S.S.R., likewise established uranium mining industries. These efforts in the Reid and in the... . . . . . . ' . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mexico ........ . . .. ...... ... ...... . ..... . ..... . . . . .. . .... . . . . . . .... ....... . . New Zealand . ............ . . . . . .... .. ... . ....with many other cations and anions to form numerous new hosts. Thus thorium forn1s only six minerals of its

Specularite from Plainview prospect, Caballo Mountains Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA

Specularite from
Plainview prospect, Caballo Mountains Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA