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Ankerite from
Sliger Mine, French Hill, Spanish Dry Diggings (Spanish Dry Diggins), Greenwood District, Northwest Segment Mother Lode, El Dorado County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Ankerite
Formula:Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ankerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sliger Mine, French Hill, Spanish Dry Diggings (Spanish Dry Diggins), Greenwood District, Northwest Segment Mother Lode, El Dorado County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:326451
Long-form Identifier:1:3:326451:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Ankerite
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘThree Queens Mine (Four Acres Mine), Foresthill, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
14.9km (9.3 miles) ⓘDoherty Mine, Foresthill, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘBig Sandy Mine (James Marshall), Kelsey, Kelsey Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
24.0km (14.9 miles) ⓘPyramid Mine (Gold Reserve Mine), Rescue area, Deer Valley Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
28.6km (17.8 miles) ⓘDiamond - Bullion - Alaska Mine group (Consolidated Bullion Mine; Diamond claim; Bullion claim; Alaska claim; Union Jack claim; Galena claim; Ione claim; Big Diamond vein; Galena-Bullion vein; Alaska vein), La Barr Meadows, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
28.7km (17.8 miles) ⓘPhoenix Park Mine, La Barr Meadows, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
28.8km (17.9 miles) ⓘAllison Ranch Quartz Mine (Allison Ranch Mine; Allison Ranch vein; Allison Ranch Qtz.; Crossus Consolidated Mine; Stanton Mine), La Barr Meadows, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
30.0km (18.6 miles) ⓘLarkin Mine, Diamond Springs, Placerville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘOmaha Consolidated Mine (Omaha Cons.; Lone Jack Mine; Omaha vein), Empire West Mine (Lone Ridge), Empire Star group (Empire Star Mines Company holdings), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
30.7km (19.1 miles) ⓘSultana Mine (Electric Mine; Sultana-Orleans Mine), Empire Star group (Empire Star Mines Company holdings), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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