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Calcite from
Bald Knob deposit, Bald Knob, Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Jacobsite4
Alleghanyite4
Kutnohorite4
Kellyite3
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bald Knob deposit, Bald Knob, Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:150201
Long-form Identifier:1:3:150201:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
14.2km (8.8 miles) ⓘPeach Bottom Mine, Peach Bottom Mountain, Whitehead, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) ⓘLichtenstein Prospect (Church Copper Prospect), Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
25.7km (16.0 miles) ⓘOre Knob Mine, Ore Knob, Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
27.3km (17.0 miles) ⓘNorma Mine (Outburst Openings), Cripple Creek-New River, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) ⓘTaylor Prospect, Cripple Creek-New River, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
33.1km (20.6 miles) ⓘDavis Prospect (Newland Farm Lead Mine), Cedar Springs Mining District, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) ⓘIvanhoe Lead Zinc Mine (Austinville West Lead Zinc Mine), Austinville-Ivanhoe Mining District, New River-Cripple Creek Region, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
34.9km (21.7 miles) ⓘSimmerman Prospects, Austinville-Ivanhoe Mining District, New River-Cripple Creek Region, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
35.1km (21.8 miles) ⓘCedar Springs Zinc Mine, Cripple Creek-New River, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
35.4km (22.0 miles) ⓘAustinville-Ivanhoe Mine, Austinville-Ivanhoe Mining District, New River-Cripple Creek Region, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
References
Rocks & Minerals: 21: 357.
Ross, Clarence S., Kerr, Paul F. (1932) The manganese minerals of a vein near Bald Knob, North Carolina. American Mineralogist, 17 (1) 1-18
 
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