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Onion River Falls, Cook County, Minnesota, USA

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Onion River Falls, Cook County, Minnesota, USA

Calcite, etc.

Onion River Falls, Cook County, Minnesota, USA

Calcite, etc.

Onion River Falls, Cook County, Minnesota, USA

Calcite, etc.

Onion River Falls, Cook County, Minnesota, USA

Calcite, etc.

Onion River Falls, Cook County, Minnesota, USA

Calcite, etc.

Onion River Falls, Cook County, Minnesota, USA

Calcite, etc.

Onion River Falls, Cook County, Minnesota, USA

Calcite, etc.

Onion River Falls, Cook County, Minnesota, USA

Calcite, etc.

Onion River Falls, Cook County, Minnesota, USA

Classification
Locality type:	Waterfall
Species:	Calcite
Formula:	CaCO₃
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Apophyllite Group	3
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Onion River Falls, Cook County, Minnesota, USA
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	484113
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:484113:5
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite

12.3km (7.6 miles)	ⓘ Cross River, Schroeder, Cook County, Minnesota, USA
28.1km (17.5 miles)	ⓘ Good Harbor Bay, Grand Marais, Cook County, Minnesota, USA
42.5km (26.4 miles)	ⓘ Highway 61 roadcuts, Illgen City, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
43.3km (26.9 miles)	ⓘ Illgen City, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
71.7km (44.6 miles)	ⓘ Spruce Road Prospect (Spruce Mine; INCO Prospect; INCO Mine; Ely Nickel Copper Deposit; Spruce Road Deposit), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
77.9km (48.4 miles)	ⓘ Castle Danger roadcuts, Castle Danger, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
85.5km (53.1 miles)	ⓘ Peter Mitchell Mine (East Mesabi Mine; Reserve Mine; Argo Mine), Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
86.1km (53.5 miles)	ⓘ Zenith Mine (Whiteside office et al), Vermilion Range, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
87.3km (54.3 miles)	ⓘ Northshore Mine (Peter Mitchell Mine; Reserve Mine; Babbitt Mine), Babbitt, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
87.7km (54.5 miles)	ⓘ Mesaba deposit (Minnamax deposit; Babbitt deposit; Babbitt Lake deposit; Amax Underground Mine), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
References
Mike Hedtke (2000) Mineral News, 16, #4, 1-7.

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Calcite from Onion River Falls, Cook County, Minnesota, USA

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Onion River Falls, Cook County, Minnesota, USA