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Calcite from
Snowbird Mine, Cedar Creek Mining District, Mineral County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Parisite-(Ce)12
Fluorite5
Annabergite3
Gersdorffite3
Quartz2
Ankerite2
Dolomite1
- var Iron-bearing Dolomite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Snowbird Mine, Cedar Creek Mining District, Mineral County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:307409
Long-form Identifier:1:3:307409:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
52.8km (32.8 miles) ⓘLolo Quartz Deposit (Schroeder and Maclay Deposits), Missoula County, Montana, USA
56.2km (34.9 miles) ⓘGranite Peak prospects, St. Joe Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
63.7km (39.6 miles) ⓘConrad's Crossing prospect, St. Joe Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
65.6km (40.7 miles) ⓘWhite Cloud Mine, Eight Mile Mining District, Ravalli County, Montana, USA
69.4km (43.1 miles) ⓘBluff Creek Copper claim, St. Joe Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
69.8km (43.4 miles) ⓘWard prospect, St. Joe Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
70.3km (43.7 miles) ⓘSt. Joe Quartz prospect, St. Joe Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
75.1km (46.7 miles) ⓘClaremont Mine, Sapphire Mountains Area, Ravalli County, Montana, USA
81.9km (50.9 miles) ⓘTrue Fissure Mine, De Borgia, Mineral County, Montana, USA
85.5km (53.1 miles) ⓘBlue Bird claim, St. Joe Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
References
Lasmanis, R. (1977) The Snowbird Mine: Montana's Parisite Locality. The Mineralogical Record, 8 (2) 83-86
Econ Geol (1985) 80:394-409
Econ Geol (2004) 99:1727-1744
 
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