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Southwest, New Mexico
Glenwood NM
Shelton Canyon fluorite diggings
Mineral locality Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: fluorite prospects in the canyon country east of Glenwood on the Gila forest fringe
Single mapped source documents fluorite and topaz along Shelton Canyon Road; treat directions as a starting point
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote canyon roadsOld prospect pits, flash flood washes
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