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Chalcopyrite from
Red Hills Cu-Mo deposit, Shafter Mining District, Chinati Mountains, Presidio County, Texas, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Hills Cu-Mo deposit, Shafter Mining District, Chinati Mountains, Presidio County, Texas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:159767
Long-form Identifier:1:3:159767:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
7.2km (4.4 miles) ⓘPresidio Mine, Shafter Mining District, Chinati Mountains, Presidio County, Texas, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘChinati Mountains, Presidio County, Texas, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) ⓘBurney Mine, Chinati Mountains, Presidio County, Texas, USA
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘPapaloti South prospect, Presidio County, Texas, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘWood prospect (Ojo Bonito prospect), Chinati Mountains, Presidio County, Texas, USA
72.0km (44.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed mine (EM-PR-U24-5), Solitario, Presidio County, Texas, USA
75.8km (47.1 miles) ⓘSierra Rica, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
87.3km (54.2 miles) ⓘApex mine, San Carlos, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
References
GSA Conference (2001) Paper No. 173-0 THE RED HILLS INTRUSIVE SYSTEM, PRESIDIO COUNTY, TEXAS: THE EASTERNMOST LARAMIDE PORPHYRY COPPER-MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., Moring, B.C. (2008) Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. Open-File Report 2008-1155
 
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