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Calcite from
Hercules Mine, Thackaringa District, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia


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 Hercules Mine, Thackaringa District, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:494304
Long-form Identifier:1:3:494304:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
18.6km (11.6 miles) ⓘPinnacles Mine, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
18.9km (11.8 miles) ⓘUmberumberka Silver Mine, Silverton, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘMutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
27.8km (17.3 miles) ⓘMutooroo Copper Mine, Mutooroo Homestead, Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
29.1km (18.1 miles) ⓘMutooroo South Mine, Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
30.8km (19.2 miles) ⓘSouthern operations Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘEttlewood prospect (Ettlewood mine), Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
31.4km (19.5 miles) ⓘSouthern Cross Shaft, Southern operations Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘZinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine), Southern operations Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
32.0km (19.9 miles) ⓘBroken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
References
Mines of the Broken Hill District
 
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