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Calcite from
McAlpine Mine, Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville Mining District, Tuolumne 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 McAlpine Mine, Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:118046
Long-form Identifier:1:3:118046:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘCaldwell Mine (Daly Mine), Granite Springs, Granite Springs Mining District, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
11.0km (6.9 miles) ⓘCrystal Mine (Penobscott Mine), Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
20.2km (12.5 miles) ⓘGold Bug Mine, Cat Town, Cat Town Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
21.3km (13.2 miles) ⓘGolden Rule Mine, Jumper & Golden Rule group (Jumper Mine; Jumper claim; Jumper deposit; New Era claim), Jamestown Mine (Jamestown group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) ⓘBlue Moon Mine (Porcupine Mine; Blue Cloud Mine; Red Cloud Mine; Percupine Mine; American Eagle Mine; Bullion Hill Mine), Quartzburg, Hornitos Mining District, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘJamestown Mine (Jamestown group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
31.3km (19.5 miles) ⓘGross and Street (Gross Consolidated claim; Shaw and Schollar claim; Street claim), Tuttletown, Tuttletown Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) ⓘNew Melones Dam, Calaveras County, California, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) ⓘNew Melones Dam, West Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
31.7km (19.7 miles) ⓘDiltz Mine (Diltz claim; W.Y.O.D. claim; Diltz and Mann), Whitlock (Farmer's Hope; Whitlock Creek; Whitlock Gulch), Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
References
Roberts, Andrew C., Scott Ercit, T., Criddle, Alan J., Jones, Gary C., Scott Williams, R., Cureton, Forrest F., Jensen, Martin C. (1994) Mcalpineite, Cu3TeO6·H2O, a new mineral from the McAlpine mine, Tuolumne County, California, and from the Centennial Eureka mine, Juab County, Utah. Mineralogical Magazine, 58 (392) 417-424 doi:10.1180/minmag.1994.058.392.07
Mineralogical Record (1996) 27:115-120
 
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