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Calcite from
Meiduk Mine (Miduk Mine; Meydouk Mine; Meydook Mine; Lachah Mine), Shahr-e Babak, Shahr-e Babak County, Kerman Province, Iran


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 Meiduk Mine (Miduk Mine; Meydouk Mine; Meydook Mine; Lachah Mine), Shahr-e Babak, Shahr-e Babak County, Kerman Province, Iran
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1014783
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1014783:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘChah-Mesi epithermal vein deposit, Shahr-e Babak, Shahr-e Babak County, Kerman Province, Iran
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘIju Cu deposit, Dehaj, Dehaj District, Shahr-e Babak County, Kerman Province, Iran
26.2km (16.3 miles) ⓘGod-e-Kolvary deposit, Shahr-e Babak County, Kerman Province, Iran
69.0km (42.9 miles) ⓘMehdi Abad Mine, Anar County, Kerman Province, Iran
71.8km (44.6 miles) ⓘSarcheshmeh township, Pariz, Sirjan County, Kerman Province, Iran
77.8km (48.4 miles) ⓘSarkuh deposit, Pariz, Sirjan County, Kerman Province, Iran
84.5km (52.5 miles) ⓘMehdiabad deposit, Mehriz County, Yazd Province, Iran
85.2km (52.9 miles) ⓘSar Cheshmeh Mine (Sarcheshmeh Mine), Pariz, Sirjan County, Kerman Province, Iran
92.6km (57.5 miles) ⓘDarreh Zar Mine (Darrehzar Mine), Pariz, Sirjan County, Kerman Province, Iran
References
Taghipour, N., Aftabi, A., & Mathur, R. (2008). Geology and Re‐Os Geochronology of Mineralization of the Miduk Porphyry Copper Deposit, Iran. Resource Geology, 58(2), 143-160.
 
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