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Calcite from
Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA


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Calcite, etc.

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
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Calcite, etc.

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
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Calcite, etc.

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
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Calcite, etc.

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
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Calcite, etc.

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
08438010017272012332286.jpg
Calcite, etc.

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz22
- var Milky Quartz1
Fluorite20
Rhodochrosite18
Pyrite16
Chalcopyrite7
Tetrahedrite Subgroup6
Hübnerite4
Bornite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:2680
Long-form Identifier:1:3:2680:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘDetroit City Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘDolly Varden Mine (Varden Mine), Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘMoose Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘNew York Mountain, Alma, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) ⓘLondon Mine, London Mountain, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘJohn Reed Mine, Alicante, Lake County, Colorado, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘSherman Mine (Sherman tunnel; Leadville Corporation Mine; Day Mines; Hilltop Mine), Upper Iowa Gulch, Lake County, Colorado, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘMudsill Mine, Horseshoe Basin Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘHawkeye Mining Company, Beaver-Tarryall area, Park County, Colorado, USA
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘDauntless Mine (Dauntless tunnel), Horseshoe Basin Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
References
Kosnar, Richard A. (1979) Famous Mineral Localities: The Home Sweet Home Mine [Colorado]. The Mineralogical Record, 10 (6) 333-338
 
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