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Aragonite from
Unnamed abandoned mine, Leadfield, Grapevine Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Comments:Showy aggregates of crystals.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed abandoned mine, Leadfield, Grapevine Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:683407
Long-form Identifier:1:3:683407:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘLeadfield, Grapevine Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
52.4km (32.6 miles) ⓘLead King Mine (Lippincott Lead Mine; Lippincott Mine; Lippencott Mine; Confidence Nos 1 & 2 claims; Lead King Nos. 3 & 5-8 claims; Southern Lead Mine), Big Dodd Spring, Ubehebe Mining District, Cottonwood Mountains, Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
72.0km (44.7 miles) ⓘBadwater Spring Halite occurrence, Badwater, Inyo County, California, USA
75.9km (47.2 miles) ⓘSanta Rosa Mine (Lee-Santa Rosa Mine; Santa Rosa Mines), Malpais Mesa, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
76.6km (47.6 miles) ⓘChristmas Gift Mine, Ophir Mountain, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
91.8km (57.0 miles) ⓘWhiteside Mine (Old Whiteside Diggings; Pierson; Pierson Mining Co.; Republic and Whiteside), Kearsarge, Kearsarge Mining District [2], Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
93.6km (58.2 miles) ⓘSnowcaps Mine (Sunshine Snocaps Mine), Kearsarge, Kearsarge Mining District [2], Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
98.0km (60.9 miles) ⓘOwens Lake, Olancha, Owens Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
References
Bradley, W.W. (1937), Thirty-third report of the State Mineralogist: California Division Mines Report 33: 253
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 81.
 
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