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Calcite from
N.C. 4 Mine, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view N.C. 4 Mine, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:245263
Long-form Identifier:1:3:245263:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘClimax Mine (Virginia Dare group; Montgomery; Lion; Cub; Leopard), Groom Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
4.5km (2.8 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
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘCash Mine (Senator-Cash Mine; Patented claims 1459 & 410), Mount Union Pass, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
9.6km (6.0 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
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘLoma Prieta Mine (Commercial Mine; Copper Glance Mine; Patented claims MS 3425; Copper Hill Mine [?]; Copper Basin group [in part]), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘU.S. Navy Mine (U.S. Mine; Verde Anney Mine), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘBoston-Arizona Mine, Iron Springs, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
15.7km (9.7 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
16.6km (10.3 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
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘPine Flat Mine, Pine Flat, Turkey Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Lindgren, W. (1926), USGS Bull. 782: 117.
 
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