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Calcite from
Oriental Mine (Alta Mine), 16 to 1 Mine (Sixteen-to-One Mine; Original Sixteen-to-One Mine), Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oriental Mine (Alta Mine), 16 to 1 Mine (Sixteen-to-One Mine; Original Sixteen-to-One Mine), Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:769725
Long-form Identifier:1:3:769725:8
GUID (UUID V4):f9386b4f-0736-4e02-bc85-c91587126f7b
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
1.3km (0.8 miles) 16 to 1 Mine (Sixteen-to-One Mine; Original Sixteen-to-One Mine), Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Gold Crown Mine (Wonder Mine; Sherman Mine), Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Wonder Mine, Chips Flat, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Tightner Mine (Tightner Mines), 16 to 1 Mine (Sixteen-to-One Mine; Original Sixteen-to-One Mine), Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
13.8km (8.6 miles) Red Ledge Mine, Washington, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) Washington Chief Consolidated Mine (Washington Chief Con.; Washington Chief Ledge; Jefferson Mine), Omega, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
27.1km (16.8 miles) Ural Fraction Code Mine (Ural; Ural Qtz.), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
27.8km (17.2 miles) Pittsburg Gold Quartz Mine (Pittsburg Gold Qtz; Pittsburg Mine; Pittsburgh Mine; Pittsburg group), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) Bear Canyon Mine, Clipper Mills, Clipper Mills Mining District, Butte County, California, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) Sierra Iron Mine (Sierra Mine; Sierra Iron Co.; Lake Hawley and Spencer Lake deposit), Hawley Lake, Sierra City Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Paper 172 GOLD QUARTZ VEINS OF THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT CALIFORNIA BY HENRY G. FERGUSON AND ROGER W....of the report. _____________________________ Part 1. Geology. ___--------___- _----^--_ --------Introduction...ribution ______________________________ Relation to country rock___________________ Size and structure...-_-_-___---Beidellite.. ___ _ 1 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 10 11 11 11 12 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 19 19...________ Summary. _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________ Mine descriptions. __--__.-_-__-_________ Mines of Oregon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and AuriferousGranite at the Oriental Mine, AlleghanyDistrict, California RAYMONDM. COVENEY,JR. Department...the three fissureveins at the Oriental mine, Alleghanydistrict,California,containsmallhigh-gradeore sh...possiblyas high as 491øC. Muscovite,paragonitc,calcite,dolomite,dawsonitc,and albite fluid inclusiondaughter...yingfractures, chiefly in the footwall of the Oriental vein. Chemical analysessuggestthat desilicationof...ntsof silicato form the vein quartz at the Oriental mine. Beyond the fringesof the main alterationenvelopesis
 
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