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Ankerite from
Carson Hill, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Ankerite
Formula:Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ankerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carson Hill, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:159123
Long-form Identifier:1:3:159123:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Ankerite in this Region
Romaggi & Costa Mine (Gold Hill Mine; Bruner Mine; Osborn Mine; Evening Star Mine; Spring Gulch Construction; Bald Hill Mine; St Lawrence Mine), Carson Hill, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Ankerite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘCarson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘRomaggi & Costa Mine (Gold Hill Mine; Bruner Mine; Osborn Mine; Evening Star Mine; Spring Gulch Construction; Bald Hill Mine; St Lawrence Mine), Carson Hill, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘPeirano Ranch Commercial Mineral and Mining Co. Mine, Sugarloaf Hill, Vallecito Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘNorwegian Mine, Tuttletown, Tuttletown Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘWaterman Mine (Centennial Mine; Fairfax Mine; Water Man), Angels Camp, Angels Camp Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘVista Mine (Russell Mine), Angels Camp, Angels Camp Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘLead & Tam O'Shanter Mine (Toledo Consolidated; Tam O'Shanter claim; Buena Vista claim; Toledo claim), Tuttletown, Tuttletown Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘAngels Mine (Big Mine; Southwell Mine; Fox; Valentine claims: Angels; Beda Blood; Billings; Crystal; Potter; Doctor Hill; Hennessy; McCormick; Minne; Oneida), Angels Camp, Angels Camp Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
7.0km (4.3 miles) ⓘTriple Lode Mine (Emeline; Jumper; Blair Consolidated claims: El Dorado), Angels Camp, Angels Camp Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
7.5km (4.6 miles) ⓘAlameda Mine, Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
References
Knopf, Adolf (1929), The Mother Lode system of California: USGS Professional Paper 157, 88 pp: 35
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 76.
 
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