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Calcite from
Swallow Mine (Moonlight Mine; Dobler Mine; Whim vein; Golden Wonder shaft), Buzzard's Roost, Copperopolis, Castle Creek 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 Swallow Mine (Moonlight Mine; Dobler Mine; Whim vein; Golden Wonder shaft), Buzzard's Roost, Copperopolis, Castle Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:256437
Long-form Identifier:1:3:256437:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
3.3km (2.0 miles) ⓘBunker Hill Mine, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘAbe Lincoln Mine (Cumbac Mine; Andrew Jackson Mine; Tom Jefferson Mine; Copper No. 2 claim; Copper No. 1 Patented claim), Castle Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘP & G claim, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘPurple Passion Mine, Morgan Butte, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘBlack Butte group of claims (Black Butte prospect; Black Buck; Castle Butte claims; P and G claims; Dugan claim; Castle Creek deposit), Castle Creek area, Castle Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘMidnight Owl Mine, Independence Gulch, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘConstellation, Black Rock Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
7.0km (4.3 miles) ⓘBlack Butte prospect (Odell; Queen Elizabeth group), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘScheelite Reef Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘClimax Mine, San Domingo Wash, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Lindgren, W. (1926), USGS Bull. 782: 184-185.
 
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