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Blanchard Mine (Hansonburg), NM

Mineral locality Source-confirmed findsPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: galena, barite, linarite, brochantite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: blue fluorite, galena, barite, linarite and other secondary Pb/Cu minerals

Renowned specimen locality in the Hansonburg district near Bingham, heavily documented on mindat.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Open mine workingsShafts, unstable dumps

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