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Tetrahedrite Subgroup from
Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA


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Tetrahedrite Subgroup, etc.

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
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Tetrahedrite Subgroup, etc.

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
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Tetrahedrite Subgroup, etc.

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
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Tetrahedrite Subgroup

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
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Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
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Tetrahedrite Subgroup, etc.

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
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Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
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Tetrahedrite Subgroup

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
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Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
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Tetrahedrite Subgroup, etc.

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
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Tetrahedrite Subgroup, etc.

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
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Tetrahedrite Subgroup

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Bornite
Cuprite
Fluorite
Malachite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz341
Rhodochrosite277
Fluorite151
Pyrite90
Chalcopyrite50
Sphalerite42
Fluorapatite21
Galena17
Hübnerite12
Bornite10
Goyazite6
Calcite6
Malachite4
Svanbergite3
Helvine1
Apatite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tetrahedrite Subgroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (29 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:10937
Long-form Identifier:1:3:10937:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tetrahedrite Subgroup
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘDetroit City Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘDolly Varden Mine (Varden Mine), Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
3.6km (2.3 miles) ⓘBuckskin Joe Mine (Buckskin Joe; Phillips Mine), Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
3.6km (2.3 miles) ⓘShelley Mine, Mosquito Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘRussia Mine, Mount Lincoln, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘNew York Mountain, Alma, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘHock Hocking Mine (Hock Hock), Alma, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘClimax Mine, Climax, Climax Mining District, Lake County, Colorado, USA
10.2km (6.3 miles) ⓘContinental Chief Mine, Dyer Mountain, Horseshoe District, Mosquito Range, Lake County, Colorado, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘHill Top Mine, Horseshoe Basin Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
References
Jensen, M. (2004) A mystery mineral occurrence at the Sweet Home mine, Park County, Colorado. Mineral News, 20 (5) Excalibur Mineral Corp. 1-2
 
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