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Chalcopyrite from
Orphan Mine (Orphan lode), Grand Canyon Village, Orphan Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Comments:Occurs as impregnations in sandstone - lower adit; also disseminated grains, oriented bladed along (100) bornite cleavages, and as rims around bornite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Bornite
Chalcocite
Digenite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Orphan Mine (Orphan lode), Grand Canyon Village, Orphan Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:246481
Long-form Identifier:1:3:246481:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
21.0km (13.0 miles) ⓘPinyon Plain Mine, Tusayan, Francis Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
27.6km (17.1 miles) ⓘCopper Canyon Mine, Wallace Butte (Thurso Butte), Coconino County, Arizona, USA
34.7km (21.6 miles) ⓘWillaha group (Copper No. 1; Doty group), Willaha, Francis Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
70.1km (43.6 miles) ⓘPetoskey group of claims (Apex Copper property), Jacob Lake, Warm Springs Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
72.0km (44.7 miles) ⓘMackin group of claims, Jacob Lake, Warm Springs Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
82.4km (51.2 miles) ⓘHack's No. 2 claim, Hack Canyon Mine, Hack Canyon, Hack Canyon Mining District, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
92.1km (57.2 miles) ⓘRidenour Mine, Prospect Canyon Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
References
Granger, H.C. & R.B. Raup (1962), Reconnaissance study of uranium deposits in AZ, USGS Bull. 1147-A, A7-A12
Gornitz, V. (2004), Grand Canyon Uranium: The Orphan Mine, Mineral News: 20(6): 1 & 3-5, 7..
Van Gosen, Bradley S.; Hall, Susan M.; Johnson, Craig A.; Benzel, William M. (2025) Solution-collapse breccia pipe uranium deposits of the southern Colorado Plateau, northwestern Arizona, USA. Ore Geology Reviews, 181. 106590 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106590
 
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