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Tourmaline from
Great Western Mine, Mora County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Great Western Mine, Mora County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1457405
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1457405:2
GUID (UUID V4):ea7dbc29-b7f4-4c0a-8fc1-a1c74c829373
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
21.8km (13.6 miles) ⓘPidlite deposit, Mora County, New Mexico, USA
22.4km (13.9 miles) ⓘAzure-Rising Sun mine, Hadley, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘElk Mountain deposit (Kept Man deposit), Elk Mountain Mining District, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA
30.8km (19.1 miles) ⓘGuy no. 1 deposit, Elk Mountain Mining District, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA
39.3km (24.4 miles) ⓘPecos Mine (Hamilton Mine; Cowles Mine), Willow Creek District, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA
42.3km (26.3 miles) ⓘEl Fidel Beryl Deposit (Fidel Deposit), Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
46.4km (28.8 miles) ⓘB.A.T. mine, Nambe Mining District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
50.4km (31.3 miles) ⓘHarding Mine, Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
53.0km (32.9 miles) ⓘOld Priest mine, Tecolote District, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA
90.7km (56.4 miles) ⓘCash Entry mine, Cerrillos District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
References
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Report (issue)
BERYLLIUM RESOURCES IN NEW MEXICO AND ADJACENT AREAS Virginia T. McLemore New Mexico Bureau of Geology and...and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM 87801 ginger@gis.nmt...preliminary and has not been reviewed according to New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources standards...considered final and is subject to revision based upon new information. Any resource or reserve data are historical...reactors. Beryllium deposits in Utah, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico range from small (Apache Warm Springs
Report (issue)
OR PROFE SIONAL PAPER 68 THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXI.CO BY WALDEMAR LINDGREN, LOUIS C. GRATON AND...PRQ)tESSIONAL PAPER 68 T·H E ORE DEPOSITS O.F NEW MEXICO.. . . ., .,· ;,.: BY WALDEMAR LINpGREN,...5 Historical sketch of mining and smelting in New Mexico....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. : . .............. - ........ .. . . T~os County, by L. C. Graton and W ..Lindgren ..... .........·::-; : : :. ::.·.i?:5.‱.:...,. .... Black.Copper mine ........ ............. ~ ... .. . .... ·.......
Report (issue)
BULLETIN 39 The Metal Resources of New Mexico and Their Economic Features Through 1954 A revision of...RESOURCES NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE...THE HONORABLE EDWIN L. MECHEM


...Governor of New Mexico MRS. GEORGIA L. LUSK ......................Superintendent...Dealing With the Geology and Mineral Resources of New Mexico ...................................................................... 4 METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO.............................................
Book (volume)
the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state varies from nearly level farmland to...Iowa to 3,500’ along the western boundary with Wyoming. In the far western counties of Lawrence, Meade...Cretaceous Dakota sandstone, which underlies most of the Great Plains, and bent the broken edges sharply upward...with extraordinary homogeneity. Throughout the Great Plains, wells drilled deep into this unit provide...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Point Loma and then disappear in the direction of Mexico. The first impression is one of white and brown...famous are the tourmaline specimens now being mined once again from the famous HIMALAYA MINE, one of a group...mines in the Mesa Grande-Pala area of San Diego County, Calif. Roy had a rather large selection of loose...and unterminated, quartz xls with penetrating tourmaline xls, facet-quality and cab-quality xls, as well... In the early part of this century the Himalaya Mine was a large producer with much of the output of
Report (volume)
...... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........bauxite, now the source of material that maintains a great industry, were untouched and were not included in...F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to the chapter entitled " Mineral
Catalog/List
Holloway Quarry, Berlin Township, Monroe, Michigan, USA This classic Celestite matrix specimen was purchased...Crystal Peak area, Park and Teller Cos., Colorado, USA Three dark smoky Quartz crystals are rising from... 41008   HUGE FLUORESCENT SPHERE Purple Passion Mine, Wichenburg, Arizona Many mineral specimens are...Sterling Hill Mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA The Sterling Hill mine in the Bucolic Hills of New Jersey is...is an old silver mine, now closed but famous for having produced some of the finest fluorescent minerals
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...collectable minerals are rare, although quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...collectable minerals are rare, although quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE
Report (issue)
Bulletin 87 New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources A DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING...& TECHNOLOGY Mineral and Water Resources of New Mexico I'repared by U.S. Geological Survey for the...with: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission New Mexico...SOCORRO1977 NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY Cibutus R. HOLMES. Acting President NEW MEXICO BUREAU...OF REGENTS Ex Officio Bruce King, Governor of New Mexico Leonard DeLayu, Superintendent of Public Instrucilun
Book (volume)
in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises 4,460’ east to west, from 840’...jaspers that rival the color of the rainbow. The western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan...stone logs lying on the surface of the ground. A great deal of agatized and opalized mastodon ivory in...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townï‚Ÿagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville
Catalog/List
Technology Officer Kathleen Guzman Managing Director New York Hayley Brigham Managing Director Beverly Hills...0.62 cm), weighs 267 grams Provenance: Phillips, New York, June 8, 1996 (lot 211) Estimate: $600—$800...72002 Toluca Meteorite End Cut Iron, IAB—sLL Mexico City, Mexico Found: 1776 This end cut is not terribly...should. Discovered in 1776 by conquistadores in Mexico, this is a quite intriguing and interesting variety...1.89 cm), weighs 571 grams Provenance: Phillips, New York, June 8, 1996 (lot 212) Estimate: $500—$700
Journal (issue)
paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ...............to slip away. New students are not being taught old and useful techniques along with new ones; they view...and advancements in the last 25 years or so. Many new instrumental techniques have been introduced to all...of the “ computer age.” Most, but not all, of the new influences have been beneficial. Minerals can now...now quickly and often easily done. Mastering these new techniques is no small task, and the high level of
Book (volume)
............................................288 New Hampshire .....................................................................................307 New Jersey .....................................................................................315 New Mexico ...........................................................................................329 New York..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ..........................................
Catalog/List
CEO Co-Chairman of the Board Managing Director New York Hayley Brigham Managing Director Beverly Hills...of a Ceratopsian that appears to be a completely new variety of a “horned” Dinosaur A Gold Nugget from...Gemstone: Cuprite - 50.58 Cts. Ogonja Mine (Onganja Mine; Emke Mine; Emka; Otjisongati) Ogonja (Onganja)...Gemstone: Cuprite - 84.47 Cts. Ogonja Mine (Onganja Mine; Emke Mine; Emka; Otjisongati) Ogonja (Onganja)...11.94 Cts. Sweet Home Mine Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co. Colorado, USA This adorable pink-red
Journal (issue)
CARVING MICROMITE Diamond Carving Points AND NOW ... NEW FROM LAPCRAFT For Dressing and Truing . . . MICR0MITE... 4 - NOVEMBER 1976 COVER DATA The striking tourmaline specimen on this month's cover comes to us through...In this issue you will find two articles about tourmaline, one by Dr. WIiiiam Sanborn, from the mineral.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 What's New .............. , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 New Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
the show of shows by F. W. Schupp 24 OUR COVER TOURMALINE - A MAJOR REDISCOVERY All about this favorite...1980 by Gemac Cofporatlon. 4- JANUARY 1981 Tourmaline, always a favorite with those who love fine gems... EDITOR RENATA WILLIAMS ADVERTISING MGR. Some new projects for this popular technique by Emilio Attardo...ERALOGICAL SOCIE'flES 80 COMING EVENTS 88 WHAT'S NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS: All subscription orders should be...available regular and long post - 2 year guarantee. M88 New Thin and Compact Quartz Movement - Step Second -
Catalog/List
Information: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 270 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Account Name: Heritage Numismatic...Smoky Quartz point has multiple complex faces with great striations. A few of these faces have been polished...EXTREMELY LARGE SMOKY QUARTZ CRYSTAL WITH TOURMALINE Barra de Salinas Mine, Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil...crystals are associated with pink and blue-green Tourmaline prisms and a bit of lilac Lepidolite. The luster...Blanca, White Mountain Wilderness, Lincoln County, New Mexico At one time this spectacular locality was
Book
A Complete Field Guide to American Wildlife, Western Edition Fossils in America A Range Guide to Mines...Rock Collecting HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS ....... New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London 1817 Portions...Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10022. Published simultaneously in Canada...Reading the Geologic Map; Geologic Maps as Guides to New Fields; Other Maps Useful to Gem and Mineral Hunters...Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota
Book
milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...Landers. i PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A great number of publications dealing with the various...person wishing to examine a locality personally. New information relating to Washington's mineral diversity...their help. I am grateful to the Click family of Western Publishers Service in Seattle for ad­ vice and...is extended to Jack Zektzer who gladly spent a great deal of his time in editing the manuscript and helping
Book (volume)
............................................247 New Hampshire .....................................................................................264 New Jersey .....................................................................................270 New Mexico ...........................................................................................280 New York...............................................find a new and more complete reference to reduce my research time. To my dismay, there were some new references
Book (volume)
............................................247 New Hampshire .....................................................................................264 New Jersey .....................................................................................270 New Mexico ...........................................................................................280 New York...............................................find a new and more complete reference to reduce my research time. To my dismay, there were some new references
Journal (issue)
Garnet collecting in Idaho by Earl Spendlove 10 NEW YORK'S "DIAMONDS" 48 CINDER CONES AND MOUNTAINS...AND ROSE LIGHTENING Only the American Indians may mine this material by Frances Vickers Johnson THE BEAD...Page 32 37 44 51 51 52 53 LAPIDARY TIPS WHAT'S NEW NEWS NOTES OF COLLECTING AREAS QUESTIONS COMING EVENTS...botd belt buckle blank-you'll ftnd It fut In our new Flndlnga Catalogl Mo.t flndlnge eve.Hable In economy...funded on first pun::h&N. wa Pana:, Clta._ Many new atytea haw Just bMn added to our tine of wu pett
Report (volume)
bauxite, now the source of material that maintains a great industry, were untouched and were not included in...Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to the chapter entitled " Mineral...Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...and G. F. Loughlin. Mr. Stone acknowledges his great indebtedness to Frank L. Hess for his cordial and
Report (issue)
'\^ ^-» . 1/^ Vi g NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPARTMENT OF MINES. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY // f E. F. PiTTMAN...GULLICK, GOVERNMENT PRlNTEt: 1915t 185-17—1 A NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPARTMENT OF MINES. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Tinfield, by R. Godfrey, B.A., Inspector of Mines. great deal of uncertainty has existed in the minds of...crystals are generally large and well defined. Tourmaline is often present, and in some of the finergrained...Cornwall, and in both places at the Bischoff is more Mine conunon in Tasthan in Ardlethan. The alteration
 
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