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Calcite from
Curio Hill (Specimen Ridge), Cañon City, Cañon City Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Curio Hill (Specimen Ridge), Cañon City, Cañon City Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:149184
Long-form Identifier:1:3:149184:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘJoker Mine (Rocky Mountain Boy Claims Patented Claims), Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘGrape Creek Area (Wagner-Grape Creek Lode; See: Hellgate Claims; Bear Claims Old Conac Property), Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘTuttle Ranch Occurrence (Willis Tuttle Ranch), McKinley Mountain Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘHellgate Claims Nos. 1-12 (Hellgate Gulch Open Pit), Southern Grape Creek Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
9.1km (5.7 miles) ⓘBear Claims Nos. 1 and 2 1977 (Old Cunac Property; Wagner-Grape Creek Lode), East Pierce Gulch Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
13.1km (8.1 miles) ⓘTitusville and Westfall Gulch Prospects (Grape Claims No. 2 1-19 1977; Unpatented Claims: Arbor Claims No. 1-9), Westfall Gulch, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
13.6km (8.4 miles) ⓘTerrible mine (Ilse Lead Mine), Oak Creek Mining District (Ilse Mining District), Custer County, Colorado, USA
13.9km (8.6 miles) ⓘDarby Extension Occurrence (Derby Extension), McKinley Mountain Area, Custer County, Colorado, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘLiberty Bond Claim, Southern Grape Creek Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
15.5km (9.7 miles) ⓘLorain Pegmatite, Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
References
Pearl, Richard M. (1958) Colorado Gem Trails and Mineral Guide (1st ed.) Sage Books, Denver, CO.
 
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