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Found alongside
Fluorite
Mohs 4. Cubes in purple, green or yellow; many glow under UV. Mindat
84 sites
Quartz
Mohs 7. Six-sided points; smoky quartz is NH’s state gem. Mindat
44 sites
Pyrite
Mohs 6–6.5. Brassy “fool’s gold,” often cubic. Mindat
14 sites
Silver
Mohs 2.5–3. Native silver tarnishes black. Mindat
12 sites
Copper
Mohs 2.5–3. Native copper is soft and turns green as it weathers. Mindat
7 sites
Mica
Mohs 2–3. Peels into thin, flexible, shiny sheets. Mindat
5 sites
Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.
By county
Hudspeth County (29) · Brewster County (24) · Presidio County (9) · Burnet County (6) · Cameron County (4) · El Paso County (3) · Culberson County (3) · Llano County (2) · Burleson County (1) · Jeff Davis County (1) · Lee County (1) · Maverick County (1)
Sites (first 60)
| Site | Commodity | Minerals recorded | Status | Approx. location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burney Mine | Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Lead | Acanthite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 29.901, -104.512 |
| Baringer Hill Mine | REE, Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zirconium, Beryllium | Allanite, Chalcopyrite, Fergusonite, Gadolinite, Molybdenite, Polycrase, Sphalerite, Yttrialite | Past Producer | 30.778, -98.433 |
| Williams Mine | REE | Allanite, Fluorite | Past Producer | 30.669, -98.473 |
| Cave Peak Deposit | Molybdenum | Antimony, Cassiterite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Ferrimolybdite, Goethite, Huebnerite, Ilsemannite, Jarosite, Lepidocrocite, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Wolframite | Prospect | 31.444, -104.880 |
| Mayfield Prospect | Manganese, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Barium-Barite | Barite, Hollandite | Past Producer | 30.723, -104.776 |
| Little Blanca Mountain Prospects | Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium, Uranium, Tin | Bertrandite, Beryl, Fluorite | Occurrence | 31.288, -105.452 |
| Round Top Prospects | Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium | Bertrandite, Fluorite | Occurrence | 31.283, -105.475 |
| Little Round Top Prospects | Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium | Bertrandite, Fluorite | Occurrence | 31.285, -105.461 |
| El Paso Mine | Tin | Cassiterite, Wolframite | Past Producer | 31.936, -106.488 |
| Tom Mays Park Prospect | Copper, Arsenic | Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla | Occurrence | 31.914, -106.506 |
| Bird Mine | Silver, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc | Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Hematite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Producer | 30.343, -103.517 |
| Lowe Prospect | Mercury | Cinnabar | Prospect | 29.359, -103.736 |
| Margaret D Mine | Mercury | Cinnabar | Past Producer | 29.321, -103.702 |
| Fresno Mine | Mercury | Cinnabar | Past Producer | 29.344, -103.812 |
| Little Thirty-Eight Mine | Mercury | Cinnabar, Metacinnabar | Past Producer | 29.320, -103.655 |
| White Eagle Prospect | Copper, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite | Cuprite, Fluorite, Malachite | Past Producer | 30.767, -98.300 |
| Granite Hill Prospect | Beryllium, Tungsten, Niobium (Columbium), Iron, Tin | Euclase, Helvite, Magnetite, Pyrochlore | Occurrence | 31.111, -105.447 |
| Lucky Strike Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 30.947, -105.053 |
| Tank Canyon Prospects | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 30.928, -105.055 |
| Syphon Canyon Prospects | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 30.924, -105.047 |
| Fox 4 and Oak Prospects | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 30.911, -105.039 |
| Ingram Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 30.897, -105.053 |
| Rocky Ridge Prospects | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 30.905, -105.106 |
| Divide Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 30.904, -105.083 |
| Section 45 Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 30.900, -105.096 |
| Fox 9, 10, and 12 Prospects | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 30.902, -105.103 |
| Section 27 Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 30.953, -105.064 |
| Piedra Azul Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 29.447, -103.436 |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 31.984, -104.777 |
| Fox 1, Fox 3, and Cooper 2 Prospects | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 30.904, -105.069 |
| Eagle Spring Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Past Producer | 30.996, -105.099 |
| Paisano Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Past Producer | 29.461, -103.459 |
| Spar Valley Rhyolite Vein Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Past Producer | 30.942, -105.048 |
| Rocky Ridge | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 30.905, -105.106 |
| Fluorite Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 30.772, -98.300 |
| Fluorite Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 30.774, -98.303 |
| Eagle Mountains Fluorspar District | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Past Producer | 30.934, -105.059 |
| Spar Valley Shaft No. 4 Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Past Producer | 30.934, -105.052 |
| South Sierra Blanca Prospect | Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Prospect | 31.236, -105.431 |
| Paisano Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Producer | 29.461, -103.459 |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 29.434, -103.424 |
| North Sierra Blanca Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium | Fluorite | Prospect | 31.260, -105.441 |
| Unnamed Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 29.479, -103.461 |
| Unnamed Prospects | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 29.494, -103.472 |
| Unnamed Prospects | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 29.491, -103.419 |
| Unnamed Prospect | Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 29.493, -103.381 |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 29.391, -103.822 |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 29.455, -103.812 |
| Spar Valley | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Past Producer | 30.938, -105.048 |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 29.421, -103.439 |
| Cowan Ranch Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Occurrence | 31.120, -105.495 |
| Spring Creek Prospect | Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum | Fluorite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Occurrence | 30.778, -98.292 |
| Fluorspar Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Silver | Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite | Occurrence | 29.908, -104.506 |
| Hillside Prospect | Silver, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Galena, Sphalerite | Occurrence | 29.906, -104.503 |
| San Antonio Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Galena, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 29.895, -104.477 |
| Yegua Creek Placer District | — | Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon | Occurrence | 30.316, -96.635 |
| Falkenburg-Blackburn Prospect | Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Thorium | Ilmenite, Magnetite, Zircon | Occurrence | 30.316, -96.649 |
| Unnamed Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | — | Occurrence | 29.512, -103.487 |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Fluorine-Fluorite | — | Occurrence | 29.374, -103.823 |
| Unnamed Occurrences | Fluorine-Fluorite | — | Occurrence | 29.342, -103.724 |
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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.
Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.
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