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Calcite from
Gooseberry Mine, Balls Hill Iron Mines, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Comments:Palache (1935) describes this mineral as part of a mineral assemblage that almost certainly indicates its occurrence in a secondary vein.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gooseberry Mine, Balls Hill Iron Mines, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:643169
Long-form Identifier:1:3:643169:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.4km (0.3 miles) Fowler Quarry (Nichol Quarry; B. Nicoll Quarry; Nicoll Quarry; Nicol Quarry; Cellate Quarry), Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Furnace Quarry, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Canfield Mica locality, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Franklin Iron Company Quarry (Pistol Range Quarry; Rifle Range Quarry), Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Buckwheat dump mineral collecting site, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Taylor Road dumps, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Buckwheat pit, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) Double Rock pegmatite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
1.4km (0.8 miles) Trotter Mine, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
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