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Calcite from
Penn Mine (Happy Jack; West Constellation; Satellite; Big Satellite; Hinkcley; Blue Jay; Meteor; Hecla; Little Satellite; Copper Hill; Penn Chemical Works; Campo Seco), Campo Seco, Campo Seco Mining District, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, 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 Penn Mine (Happy Jack; West Constellation; Satellite; Big Satellite; Hinkcley; Blue Jay; Meteor; Hecla; Little Satellite; Copper Hill; Penn Chemical Works; Campo Seco), Campo Seco, Campo Seco Mining District, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:324593
Long-form Identifier:1:3:324593:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘThayer Mine (Grey House Mine; Greyhouse Mine; Grayhouse Mine), Waters Peak, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
3.8km (2.3 miles) ⓘJanie Boyd Mine (Sanches; Holmes Mine), Campo Seco, Campo Seco Mining District, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
12.0km (7.4 miles) ⓘGwin Mine (Paloma Mine; Gwin Extension No. 1 Mine), Paloma, Paloma Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘNewton Mine (Newton Copper Mine; Jackson Mine), Sunnybrook, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
15.5km (9.6 miles) ⓘAnita Mine (Bright Mine), Jackson, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘDonnallan Mine, San Andreas, San Andreas Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
20.1km (12.5 miles) ⓘLincoln Mine (Lincoln claim; Stewart claim; Belmont claim), Lincoln Consolidated Mine, Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘUnion Cordova & Rathger Mine (Union Gold Mine; Union Cordova Mine), Kentucky House, San Andreas Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘThorpe Mine, Quiggs Mountain, Mountain Ranch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
27.5km (17.1 miles) ⓘPlymouth Consolidated Mine (Plymouth Mine; New London Mine; Phoenix Mine; Empire Mine; Pacific Mine; Southerland claim; Oaks and Pacific claim; Simpson and Aden claim; Reese claim; Phoenix East claim; Plymouth claim; Reese and Woolford claim; Indiana claim [fractions]; Rising Star claim; Conville and Lode claim 5181; Beta claim), Plymouth, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
References
419-427
Afifi, Abdulkader M., Kelly, William C., Essene, Eric J. (1988) Phase relations among tellurides, sulfides, and oxides; Pt. II, Applications to telluride-bearing ore deposits. Economic Geology, 83 (2) 395-404 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.83.2.395
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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