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Dolomite from
Carson Hill Mine (Carson Hill Surface Mine), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Dolomite
Formula:CaMg(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carson Hill Mine (Carson Hill Surface Mine), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1678613
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1678613:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘStanislaus Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘCarson Hill, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘNorwegian Mine, Tuttletown, Tuttletown Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘUtica Mine, Angels Camp, Angels Camp Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘRawhide Mine (Rawhide deposit; Paducah), Jamestown Mine (Jamestown group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
8.1km (5.1 miles) ⓘRed Cross Placer Mine (Omega; Omega Table Mountain Gravel), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘDutch-App Mine (Dutch Application; Dutch-App group; Dutch claim; App claim; Heslep claim; Hitchcock claim), Jamestown Mine (Jamestown group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘSanta Isabel Nyman Consolidated group (Nyman Consolidated group; Santa Ysabel Consolidated Mine; Knox and Boyle claim; Miller and Holmes claim; Nyman claim), Jamestown Mine (Jamestown group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
14.1km (8.8 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
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘOro Y Plata Mine (Oro-Plata Extension Mine; Red Wing Willard Mine; Pay Rock Mine; Silver Star Mine; Blue Wing Mine), Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
References
Dana Slaughter Minerals dealer stockIdentification: Visual Identification, Dealer/Collection Label
 
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