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Calcite from
Mesaba deposit (Minnamax deposit; Babbitt deposit; Babbitt Lake deposit; Amax Underground Mine), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mesaba deposit (Minnamax deposit; Babbitt deposit; Babbitt Lake deposit; Amax Underground Mine), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:570548
Long-form Identifier:1:3:570548:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘPeter Mitchell Mine (East Mesabi Mine; Reserve Mine; Argo Mine), Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘNorthshore Mine (Peter Mitchell Mine; Reserve Mine; Babbitt Mine), Babbitt, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) ⓘLTV Mine (Hoyt Lakes; LTV Steel Mining Company; Erie Mine; Polymet), Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
20.2km (12.5 miles) ⓘMurray shear, Vermilion River Mines, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
21.5km (13.4 miles) ⓘMurray prospect, Vermilion Range, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
22.0km (13.7 miles) ⓘRaspberry prospect (Ely prospect), Burntside, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
22.0km (13.7 miles) ⓘFoss Lake prospect, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘZenith Mine (Whiteside office et al), Vermilion Range, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘSpruce Road Prospect (Spruce Mine; INCO Prospect; INCO Mine; Ely Nickel Copper Deposit; Spruce Road Deposit), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
40.1km (24.9 miles) ⓘMcKinley Mine (McKinley Group; McKinly Mine), Biwabik Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
References
Ripley, Edward M., Butler, Brian K., Taib, Nur Iskandar, Lee, Insung (1993) Hydrothermal alteration in the Babbitt Cu-Ni deposit, Duluth Complex: Mineralogy and hydrogen isotope systematics. Economic Geology, 88 (3). 679-696 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.679
 
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