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Calcite from
Birch Creek, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Birch Creek, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:978526
Long-form Identifier:1:3:978526:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘStarlight prospect, Cuna Spring, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘCrystal Peak (Crystal Hill), White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘScheelite Nugget, Cuna Spring, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
9.1km (5.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Travertine occurrence [2], Index Hill, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘR & R claims, Black Canyon Spring, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
26.7km (16.6 miles) ⓘOasis mine, Sylvania Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
27.1km (16.8 miles) ⓘRoseamalis mine, Sylvania Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
27.9km (17.3 miles) ⓘOversight Mine, Sylvania Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘWhite Eagle mine, Sylvania Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
28.6km (17.8 miles) ⓘC and C mine, Sylvania Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
References
Barton, M. D. (1987). Lithophile-element mineralization associated with Late Cretaceous two-mica granites in the Great Basin. Geology, 15(4), 337-340.
Barton, M. D. (2000) Overview of the lithophile-element-bearing magmatic hydrothermal system at Birch Creek. White Mountains, California: Society of Economic Geologists Guidebook Series, 32, 9-26.
 
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