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Calcite from
Dalton Prospect, Copper Ridge Zinc Mining District, Grainger County, Tennessee, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dalton Prospect, Copper Ridge Zinc Mining District, Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:418941
Long-form Identifier:1:3:418941:1
GUID (UUID V4):b98ddff5-ffc5-4ac1-b6fc-cb3887803fb8
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
2.4km (1.5 miles) Idol Prospect (Idol Mine; Comstock Prospect; Clinch Valley), Copper Ridge Zinc Mining District, Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
9.4km (5.8 miles) C. S. Davis Prospect, Copper Ridge Mining District, Hancock County, Tennessee, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) W. S. Mallicoat Prospect, Copper Ridge Zinc Mining District, Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
14.6km (9.0 miles) Flat Gap Mine, Flat Gap, Treadway, Copper Ridge Mining District, Hancock County, Tennessee, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) Straight Creek Mine, Straight Creek Mining District, Claiborne County, Tennessee, USA
27.4km (17.0 miles) Shiloh Prospect (Ledford Prospect), Copper Ridge Mining District, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
27.7km (17.2 miles) American Zinc Company prospects, Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc Mining District, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
30.5km (19.0 miles) Mossy Creek mine, Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc Mining District, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
30.6km (19.0 miles) Coy Mine, Jefferson City, Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc Mining District, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
35.3km (22.0 miles) New Market Mine (Asarco New Market Mine), New Market, Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc Mining District, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tennessee Mineral Locality Index 300 T ennessee covers an area of 41,220 square miles in the southeastern...part of the state. Just prior to crossing the Tennessee River and continuing through the middle of the...sediments and rare igneous rocks of the Valley and Ridge, which change crossing the Great Smoky Thrust Fault...Malmsbury Road Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 taparis@msn.com Figure 1 (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood...Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2 (above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...variant names, etc. Native Elements Gold Silver Copper Platinum Nickel-Iron (Kamacite) (Tacnitc) Schrcibcrsitc...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com­ mon rock-making materials
Book (volume)
along the southern slopes and ridges of the Pine Ridge Escarpment and along Whiteclay Creek near the Sioux...investigate for geodes, chert nodules, fossils, Calcite crystals, Marcasite and Pyrite cubes. The area...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza
Journal (issue)
TeHurium Sulphur Dinmond Gra1,hitc GOLD Albemarle County.-"Streaks" occur in quartz veins in slate belt...east of South­ western Mt. (ll. 8). Buckingham County.-A placer gold specimen about 7 x 10 x 17 mm. which...collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Culpeper County.-Two specimens with flakes of gold up to 1 cm....collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Dinwiddie County.-Two specimens from the Whitehall Mine with gold...Spotsylvania County.) Fairfax County.-A specimen of gold with galena in quartz from Mineral Ridge and another
Report (issue)
...... ·- ......... . J,5 Historical sketch of mining and smelting in New Mexico....... . . . . . . .................... _.............. ... .. .: 61 Copper deposits due to oxidizing surface waters ........................................... . Lead and copper veins of doubtful affiliation· ................................................................ Copper deposits in sandstone ............................... : . .............. - ........ .. . . T~os County, by L. C. Graton and W ..Lindgren ..... ......
Report (issue)
majority the Grants of the potential uranium district. About 112,500 tons (102,058 metric tons)of $30...understood Grants with such ii uranium a data district New in Mexico base. may Table of Contents ...Sandstone Deposits in the Jurassic Grants uranium district Laguna subdistrict Morrison . Formation 34...mineralization in the Grants uranium district ....... Shiprock district ................ Carrizo Mountains.... . . 136 . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Uranium in copper veins Uranium in fluorite veins. . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
quartz-pebble conglomerates, Southern Lake Superior Region, USA ...................................................conglomerates of the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA .......... J.A. Redden Application of the time and...quartz-pebble conglomerate in southeastern Wyoming, USA ..................................... R.S. Houston...conglomerates: a case study from the Denny Dalton uranium prospect, Northern Zululand, South Africa ........South Dakota, relative to the Elliot Lake uranium district. Karlstrom and others [6, 7] provided a summarized
 
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