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Calcite from
Homestake Mine, Lead, Lead Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrite14
Quartz5
- var Amethyst1
Limonite1
Strontianite1
Galena1
Dolomite1
Fluorite1
Native Arsenic1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Homestake Mine, Lead, Lead Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (10 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:68617
Long-form Identifier:1:3:68617:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
2.0km (1.2 miles) Pluma, Lead Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) Grants Mine (Hidden Fortune Mine; Sula claim; Brunnett claim; St. Patrick claim; Swamp Eagle claim; Bingham claim; Grant Reddy claim; Iowa claim; Golden Crown claim), Lead Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) Denis Henault claim, Strawberry Creek, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) Ross Hannibal Mine (North Star Mine; Hannibal Mine; Mikado Mine), Lead Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) Belle Eldridge Gold Mine (Deadwood Lead and Zinc Company Mine; Helen Gould Claim), Deadwood, Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Route 85, Deadwood, Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
5.9km (3.7 miles) Wharf Mine, Bald Mountain Mining District (Portland Mining District), Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) Bridalveil Falls (Bridal Veil Falls), Spearfish Canyon, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
22.1km (13.7 miles) Crystal Cave (Bethlehem Cave), Meade County, South Dakota, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) Wonderland Cave, Meade County, South Dakota, USA
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