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Chalcopyrite from
Union Mine, Copperopolis, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Union Mine, Copperopolis, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:138936
Long-form Identifier:1:3:138936:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘEmpire Mine (Cleveland; Jumbo; Royal), Copperopolis Mines (Copperopolis group), Copperopolis, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘJackson McCarthy Mine (Old Calaveras Mine), Copperopolis, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘKeystone-Union Mine (Calaveras Copper), Copperopolis Mines (Copperopolis group), Copperopolis, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘNorth Keystone Mine (Keystone Mine), Copperopolis Mines (Copperopolis group), Copperopolis, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
4.6km (2.8 miles) ⓘRoyal Mountain King Mine (North pit; Skyrocket pit; Gold Knoll pit; Hobo pit; Hilltop pit; Butcher Shop; Hodson Fault; Dublin property; McCarty; Snowstorm; Skyrocket; Gold Knoll; Wilbur Womble; Lillian; Pine Log), Hodson, Hodson Mining District (Madam Felix Mining District; Felix Mining District), West Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘJosephine Mine (Old Mountain Top), Mountain Top, French Creek Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
7.0km (4.3 miles) ⓘNassau Mine (Goat Ranch; Poole Mine), Carmen City, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘClothier and Cameron occurrence (Clothier & Cameron), Elkhorn Station, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) ⓘTable Mountain Mine [1], Sugarloaf Mountain, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘQuail Hill Mine (Eagle Mine; Eagle Copper and Silver Mine), Telegraph City, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
References
Dana 6: 22
Reid, John A. (1907b), The ore deposits in Copperopolis, Calaveras County, California: Economic Geology: 2: 398
(1908, September) The Copper Resources of California. Bulletin 50. California State Mining Bureaup.190
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
 
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