| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Calcite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Serpierite | ⓘ2 photos of Calcite associated with Serpierite at this locality. |
| Brochantite | ⓘ1 photo of Calcite associated with Brochantite at this locality. |
| Aragonite | ⓘ1 photo of Calcite associated with Aragonite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Calcite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Chessy copper mines, Chessy, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 25314 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:25314:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 98195e83-4f75-4e53-a8f8-16b5ea309db0 |
| Localities for Calcite in this Region |
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| Chessy slags, Chessy copper mines, Chessy, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| Nearest other occurrences of Calcite |
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| 3.2km (2.0 miles) | ⓘLes Ponts-Tarrets, Le Breuil, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 17.6km (10.9 miles) | ⓘLimestone quarry, Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or, Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 18.6km (11.5 miles) | ⓘA89 highway tunnel (La Verrière vein), Violay, Roanne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 19.1km (11.8 miles) | ⓘDuchère Tunnel, Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 25.4km (15.8 miles) | ⓘMontcellier Mine, Sainte-Colombe-sur-Gand, Roanne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 25.8km (16.1 miles) | ⓘMolliet ravine, Neyron, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 28.4km (17.7 miles) | ⓘChanrion mine, Poule-les-Écharmeaux, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 28.8km (17.9 miles) | ⓘCreuzeval Quarry, Saint-Didier-sur-Beaujeu, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 29.7km (18.5 miles) | ⓘMonterniers Mines, Lantignié, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 32.0km (19.9 miles) | ⓘGueydon Mine, Montagny, Roanne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | Sodium, Antimony, _ Potassium, Tin, Strontium, Copper, Titanium, Platinum, Iridium, Lead ? '" M. E. Wadsworth...get the good things from the Ural mountains. The mines were not fenced in and the workers were not the...the subject of daily inspections. Chessy coppers, and Andreasberg calcites, and Dauphiny axinites, not to...much in evidence. These tabular confections in calcite from the Harz mountains were things of beauty and...rocks known as “phonolytes,” such as are found in Auvergne, not far from Mont-Dore, but are flints collected |
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Chessy copper mines, Chessy, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France