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Calcite from
Cash Mine (Senator-Cash Mine; Patented claims 1459 & 410), Mount Union Pass, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Comments:Crystallized. Beautiful specimens with quartz crystals and adularia plus ore minerals.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Adularia
Quartz
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cash Mine (Senator-Cash Mine; Patented claims 1459 & 410), Mount Union Pass, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:217571
Long-form Identifier:1:3:217571:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘSheldon Mine (Sheldon Superior; Chase property; Black Lode claim; Chase Mine; Capital vein; French Sheldon; Cresent; Patented claims MS 1173; 1354; 1355; 1359; 2360 & 3287), Walker, Walker Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘN.C. 4 Mine, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘBelcher Mine (Great Belcher Mine; Belcher claim; Belcher Patent MS 123 claim; Red Rock Mines; Red Rock Mine; Red Rock Patent MS 1225 claim), Providence, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘFortuna Mine (Fortuna vein; Wizard Mine; Wizzard Mine; Anne Mine; Annie Mine; Patented claims MS 1231; 2222 and 1770), Big Bug Creek Gulch, Providence, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘClimax Mine (Virginia Dare group; Montgomery; Lion; Cub; Leopard), Groom Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘPine Flat Mine, Pine Flat, Turkey Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
11.6km (7.2 miles) ⓘWhite Spar Mine (Mountain Star Patented claim; Maggie Patented claim; Patented claims 1570), Congress quadrangle, Martinez Mining District, Date Creek Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
12.6km (7.8 miles) ⓘHenrietta Mine (Henrietta-Gopher Mine; Big Bug Mine; American Flag Mine; Braganza Gold Mine property 1906; Gopher MS 19 claim; Patented mining claims MS 1597), Mayer, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
13.4km (8.3 miles) ⓘHackberry Mine (Patented claim MS 909), Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘMayer Onyx Quarry, Mayer, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Lindgren, W. (1926), USGS Bull. 782: 121-122
Wilson, E.D., et al (1934), AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 137: 47-48
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 46, 84.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.pages 152-153, 347
 
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