Caledonite from
Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA

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Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

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Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

Caledonite, etc.

Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

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Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

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Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

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Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

Caledonite

Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

Caledonite, etc.

Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

Caledonite, etc.

Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

Caledonite, etc.

Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA

Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	Caledonite
Formula:	Pb₅Cu₂(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆
Colour:	Bright green
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:	Brochantite Leadhillite Linarite Wulfenite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Linarite	7
Cerussite	1
Leadhillite	1
Anglesite	1
Malachite	1
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Caledonite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	56715
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:56715:2
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Caledonite

14.8km (9.2 miles)	ⓘ Santa Rosa Mine (Lee-Santa Rosa Mine; Santa Rosa Mines), Malpais Mesa, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
23.1km (14.3 miles)	ⓘ Monster Mine, Keynot Peak, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
30.2km (18.8 miles)	ⓘ Ubehebe Mine [1](Copper Bell Mine; Ubehebe Lead Mine), Teakettle Junction, Ubehebe Mining District, Cottonwood Mountains, Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
33.1km (20.5 miles)	ⓘ Reward Mine, Reward, Russ Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
33.7km (20.9 miles)	ⓘ Thompson Mine, Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
34.2km (21.3 miles)	ⓘ Wonder Mine, Ophir Mountain, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
35.9km (22.3 miles)	ⓘ Empress Mine, Zinc Hill, Zinc Hill Mining District, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo County, California, USA
36.2km (22.5 miles)	ⓘ Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
38.1km (23.7 miles)	ⓘ Big Four Mine (War Eagle; Perry Lead Mine), Panamint Butte, Cottonwood Mountains, Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
44.1km (27.4 miles)	ⓘ Defense Mine, Lookout City, Lookout Mining District (Modoc Mining District), Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo County, California, USA
References
Raymond, Rossiter Worthington (1869), The mines of the West, Report to the Secretary of the Treasury, 256 pp., New York: 29 Rogers, Austin Flint (1901), Mineralogical notes: American Journal of Science, 4th. Series: 12: 46 Eakle, Arthur Starr (1908), Notes on some California minerals: University of California, Department of Geological Science Bulletin: 5: 228 Guild, Frank Nelson (1911), Mineralogische Notizen: Zeitschr. Kristallographie, Band 49: 330 Merriam, Charles Warren (1963), Geology of the Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo County, California: USGS PP 408, 83 pp.: 43 *Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.*

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Caledonite from Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA

Caledonite from
Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA