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Chalcopyrite from
Groom mine, Groom Mining District, Lincoln 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 Groom mine, Groom Mining District, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:265796
Long-form Identifier:1:3:265796:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘBlack Metal mine (Lane mine), Groom Mining District, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘDon Dale mine, Don Dale Mining District, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) ⓘHardhat project, Morey Mining District, Hot Creek Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
29.5km (18.3 miles) ⓘClimax Stock, Oak Spring Mining District, Halfpint Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
32.2km (20.0 miles) ⓘKinsey Claims, Tem Piute Mining District, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA
34.0km (21.1 miles) ⓘNew Tem Piute mine, Tem Piute Mining District, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA
35.1km (21.8 miles) ⓘLincoln mine (Tem Piute mine; Emerson mine; North Tempiute; South Thumb; Tempiute; Wah Chang Tungsten Mine), Tem Piute Mining District, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA
67.1km (41.7 miles) ⓘNBMG Sample Location 1763, Freiberg Mining District, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA
68.0km (42.3 miles) ⓘNBMG Sample Location 1764, Freiberg Mining District, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA
82.0km (51.0 miles) ⓘNew Reveille Mine (L.C. Extension; Reveille Lead Mine; Forelorn Hope claim; Last Chance claim; Liberty claim; Admiral claim; Admiral No. 1 claim; Eagle claim), Reveille, Reveille Mining District, Reveille Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
References
NBMG Bull 73 Geology and Mineral Resources of Lincoln County, Nevada
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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