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Calcite from
Sheep Tanks Mine (Sheep Tank Mine; Resolution group), Sheep Tanks Mining District, Little Horn Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Comments:Crystalline, banded black; crystalline white in cavities.
Colour:Black, white
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Rhodochrosite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sheep Tanks Mine (Sheep Tank Mine; Resolution group), Sheep Tanks Mining District, Little Horn Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:251308
Long-form Identifier:1:3:251308:9
GUID (UUID V4):3dfb1b2d-3864-40fa-b443-bf2819df2f1e
Localities for Calcite in this Region
Booth Bonanza deposit, Sheep Tanks Mine (Sheep Tank Mine; Resolution group), Sheep Tanks Mining District, Little Horn Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
Resolution claim (Resolution No. 1 claim), Sheep Tanks Mine (Sheep Tank Mine; Resolution group), Sheep Tanks Mining District, Little Horn Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
Vein B, Sheep Tanks Mine (Sheep Tank Mine; Resolution group), Sheep Tanks Mining District, Little Horn Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
11.0km (6.8 miles) Cemitosa prospect, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
12.3km (7.6 miles) Big Horn prospect, Red Raven Wash, Ocotillo Mine Group, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
12.8km (7.9 miles) C.O.D. Mine (C.O.D. prospect; C.O.D. group of claims), Red Raven Wash, Ocotillo Mine Group, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) Unnamed Fluorspar occurrence, Kofa Mining District, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
15.5km (9.7 miles) IXL Mine (I.X.L. prospect; IXL prospect), Geyser lode, Ocotillo Mine Group, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) Regal prospect (Regal group prospect), Yuma County, Arizona, USA
17.5km (10.9 miles) Black King Mine, Tank Mountains Mining District, Tank Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) Engesser Mine (Engesser prospect; Johnnie prospect), Engesser Pass, Tank Mountains Mining District, Tank Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
20.4km (12.7 miles) Geyser Mine (Silent King Mine), Geyser lode, Ocotillo Mine Group, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
20.8km (13.0 miles) Rand prospect, Geyser lode, Ocotillo Mine Group, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
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