Sierra Bella Group
32.7236° N, 107.5672° W · ± 1 km
Vanadinite from New Mexico, United States, with photos of specimens from this locality.
Minerals found here
Vanadinite at Sierra Bella Group
Vanadinite is one of only two valid species recorded at this site on Mindat.
- Formula
- Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl
Geology of the locality
- Setting
- Bedded manto-type silver deposits in an uplifted fault block of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks (district-level setting from SRC-078).
- Type
- Hydrothermal
- Host rock
- Lower Mississippian Lake Valley Limestone (district ore host)
- Region
- New Mexico
- Country
- United States
Coordinates from Mindat locality page, converted from degrees-minutes-seconds (SRC-077). Mindat lists only vanadinite and chlorargyrite there and gives no description.
Sources: SRC-077
Sources
- SRC-077 · Database
Sierra Bella Group, Lake Valley Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USAMindat.org contributors · Mindat.org - SRC-067 · Book
Handbook of Mineralogy - VanadiniteAnthony, J.W.; Bideaux, R.A.; Bladh, K.W.; Nichols, M.C. · Mineralogical Society of America
Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.