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Chalcopyrite from
Valley View mine (Owl claim; Hankins property), Road Canyon area, Valley View Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, 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 Valley View mine (Owl claim; Hankins property), Road Canyon area, Valley View Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:196828
Long-form Identifier:1:3:196828:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
12.6km (7.8 miles) ⓘBattle Creek Mine (Noonday Mine; High Ore Mine; Bowring Mine; Friday Mine; Crescent Mine; Ruby Valley Mine; Galenite claims; Battle Creek group; BC claims), Ruby Valley Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
12.8km (7.9 miles) ⓘCopper King mine, Ruby Valley Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
13.9km (8.7 miles) ⓘAmerican Beauty Mine (Kanau Mine; Sloepoke Mine), Lee Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
15.7km (9.7 miles) ⓘSummit View Mine (Ruby Mountain Zinc claims - in part; Lang prospect; Streeter Mine), Corral Creek Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
49.4km (30.7 miles) ⓘTripoli Mine, Nevada Bunker Hill Mines, Alladin group, Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
49.6km (30.8 miles) ⓘStanding Elk Claim, Alladin Group, Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
49.6km (30.8 miles) ⓘAlladin Group, Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
49.6km (30.8 miles) ⓘRailroad Copper-Gold Property (Bullion Copper-Gold Project; Polymetallic prospect; Nevada Bunker Hill Mines; Aladdin Claim; Blue Sky Claim; Tripoli Claim; Webfoot Claim; Mahogany Claim; Standing Elk Claim; Hoffman Claim; Mounted Ledge Claim; Bullion Claim; Cleveland Claim; Portal Claim), Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
49.9km (31.0 miles) ⓘStorm King claim, Nevada Bunker Hill Mines, Alladin group, Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
50.0km (31.0 miles) ⓘDelmas Mine (Sweepstakes Mine; Delmas SW Mine; Como Mine), Nevada Bunker Hill Mines, Alladin group, Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
References
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open-File Report 98-338 chapter 11
LaPointe, Daphne D., Tingley, Joseph V., Jones, Richard B. (199) Mineral resources of Elko County, Nevada. Bulletin 106. Nevada Bureau of Mines
 
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