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Calcite from
Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA


Locality type:Gap
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Millerite15
Pyrite7
Marcasite4
Sphalerite4
Quartz3
- var Chalcedony1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:44795
Long-form Identifier:1:3:44795:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Calcite in this Region
US highway 27 roadcut, Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
20.4km (12.7 miles) Sandidge Mine, Boyle County, Kentucky, USA
20.5km (12.7 miles) John Burdette Deposit (Boone Creek mine), Garrard County, Kentucky, USA
22.5km (14.0 miles) Kentucky Barytes Co. Mine (Haydon vein), Boyle County, Kentucky, USA
26.6km (16.5 miles) Bethelridge Mine (Casey Stone Company), Casey County, Kentucky, USA
27.9km (17.3 miles) Renfro Valley (I-75 exit 62), Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) Faulconer mine, Boyle County, Kentucky, USA
36.5km (22.7 miles) Central Rock Company; Inc. (Mercer Stone Company; Harrodsburg Quarry; Mercer County Quarry), Mercer County, Kentucky, USA
39.8km (24.7 miles) Somerset Quarry (Hinkle Contracting quarry), Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
42.6km (26.4 miles) Green Million Vein (Chin Calcite Mine; California Mine; Lone Oak Mine), Shaker Creek, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA
42.9km (26.7 miles) Ambrose Fault Vein (Horine vein), Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA
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