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Chalcopyrite from
Copper Hill Mine (Cosumnes Mine; Hobo Mine; Jackass shaft), Four Corners, Amador County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Comments:Principal ore mineral here.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Hill Mine (Cosumnes Mine; Hobo Mine; Jackass shaft), Four Corners, Amador County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:322336
Long-form Identifier:1:3:322336:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘRip and Tear Mine (Dodson), Flonellis, Latrobe Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘPlymouth Consolidated Mine (Plymouth Mine; New London Mine; Phoenix Mine; Empire Mine; Pacific Mine; Southerland claim; Oaks and Pacific claim; Simpson and Aden claim; Reese claim; Phoenix East claim; Plymouth claim; Reese and Woolford claim; Indiana claim [fractions]; Rising Star claim; Conville and Lode claim 5181; Beta claim), Plymouth, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘPioneer Mine, Drytown, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘFrench Creek Mine, Mount Aigare, Shingle Springs Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
12.3km (7.6 miles) ⓘCothrin Mine (Cothain Mine), Ben Bolt, Deer Creek Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) ⓘBig Canyon Mine (Oro Fino), Mount Aigare, Shingle Springs Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) ⓘBoston Mine [1], Mount Aigare, Shingle Springs Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘMonarch-Sugar Loaf Mine (Monarch Sugar Loaf Mine), Mount Aigare, Shingle Springs Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
15.7km (9.8 miles) ⓘKeystone Mine (Keystone group; Keystone claim; Spring Hill claim; Geneva claim; Granite State claim; Niagara claim; East Keystone claim), Amador City, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
18.9km (11.7 miles) ⓘMechanics Mine (Potazuba), Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
References
Aubury, Lewis E. (1905) The Copper Resources of California. Bulletin 23. California State Mining Bureau pp.185-186
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 131
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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