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Calcite from
Mariposa Mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA


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Calcite

Perry Pit, Mariposa Mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
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Calcite

Mariposa Mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
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Calcite, etc.

Perry Pit, Mariposa Mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
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Calcite

Mariposa Mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
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Calcite

Perry Pit, Mariposa Mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
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Calcite

Mariposa Mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
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Calcite, etc.

Perry Pit, Mariposa Mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
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Calcite

Mariposa Mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
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Calcite

Perry Pit, Mariposa Mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
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Calcite

Mariposa Mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
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Calcite, etc.

Perry Pit, Mariposa Mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
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Calcite

Mariposa Mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Terlinguacreekite6
Calomel3
Comancheite3
Montroydite3
Cinnabar2
Gypsum2
Kleinite2
Gianellaite1
Mosesite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mariposa Mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:94504
Long-form Identifier:1:3:94504:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘRio Grande Quicksilver mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘTarrant Property in Sec. 39, Brewster County, Texas, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘMargaret D lode (Maggie D lode), Brewster County, Texas, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘWaldron workings, Brewster County, Texas, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘDuncan group (Hoover and Pilkington), Brewster County, Texas, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘTarrant mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘLone Star mine (Tres Cuevas mine; National Resources claims), Brewster County, Texas, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘBobs Mine (Maggie Sink Mine; Neyland-Davis Mine; Mitchell-Gillette Mine), Brewster County, Texas, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘCanyon group, Brewster County, Texas, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘColquitt-Tigner Mine (Waldron Mine), Brewster County, Texas, USA
References
Roberts, A. C., Ansell, H. G., Dunn, P. J. (1981) Comancheite, a new mercury oxychloride-bromide from Terlingua, Texas. The Canadian Mineralogist, 19 (3) 393-396
Roberts, A. C., Gault, R. A., Paar, W. H., Cooper, M. A., Hawthorne, F. C., Burns, P. C., Cisneros, S., Foord, E. E. (2005) Terlinguacreekite, Hg2+3O2Cl2, a new mineral species from the Perry Pit, Mariposa Mine, Terlingua Mining District, Brewster County, Texas, U.S.A. The Canadian Mineralogist, 43 (3) 1055-1060 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.43.3.1055
 
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