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Aragonite from
Christmas Gift Mine, Ophir Mountain, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Christmas Gift Mine, Ophir Mountain, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:146704
Long-form Identifier:1:3:146704:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘSanta Rosa Mine (Lee-Santa Rosa Mine; Santa Rosa Mines), Malpais Mesa, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
32.2km (20.0 miles) ⓘOwens Lake, Olancha, Owens Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
36.5km (22.7 miles) ⓘLead King Mine (Lippincott Lead Mine; Lippincott Mine; Lippencott Mine; Confidence Nos 1 & 2 claims; Lead King Nos. 3 & 5-8 claims; Southern Lead Mine), Big Dodd Spring, Ubehebe Mining District, Cottonwood Mountains, Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
73.3km (45.6 miles) ⓘWhiteside Mine (Old Whiteside Diggings; Pierson; Pierson Mining Co.; Republic and Whiteside), Kearsarge, Kearsarge Mining District [2], Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
73.3km (45.6 miles) ⓘSnowcaps Mine (Sunshine Snocaps Mine), Kearsarge, Kearsarge Mining District [2], Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
74.6km (46.3 miles) ⓘBadwater Spring Halite occurrence, Badwater, Inyo County, California, USA
76.6km (47.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed abandoned mine, Leadfield, Grapevine Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
77.0km (47.8 miles) ⓘLeadfield, Grapevine Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
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