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Chalcocite from
Big Bend Mine (Evening Star Mine; Evening Star claim; Pinkston Mine), Big Bend Mountain, Big Bend, Butte County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Bornite
Chalcopyrite
Covellite
Pyrite
Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite Subgroup
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Big Bend Mine (Evening Star Mine; Evening Star claim; Pinkston Mine), Big Bend Mountain, Big Bend, Butte County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:322668
Long-form Identifier:1:3:322668:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
53.9km (33.5 miles) ⓘBerkeley prospect, Rough and Ready, Rough-and-Ready Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
65.5km (40.7 miles) ⓘSpenceville Mine (Spense Mineral; San Francisco Copper Company; Copper claim; Imperial Paint and Copper Co. property), Spenceville, Spenceville Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
70.5km (43.8 miles) ⓘU. S. Smelting; Refining; and Mining Company prospect (Lena), Argentine Rock, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
71.2km (44.3 miles) ⓘGreen Ledge & Mother Lode Mine, Genesee, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
71.5km (44.4 miles) ⓘPilot Mine (Borden Mine), Genesee, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
71.5km (44.4 miles) ⓘGruss Mine (Genesee Mine; Genesee Valley Mine; Ward Mine), Genesee, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
71.7km (44.6 miles) ⓘWalker Mine (Walker Brothers Mine; Walker Copper Mine; Native Son Mine [?]), Argentine Rock, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
79.8km (49.6 miles) ⓘSuperior Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
79.8km (49.6 miles) ⓘEngles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
80.4km (49.9 miles) ⓘLights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
References
O’Brien, J.C. (1949), Mines and mineral resources of Butte County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 45: 421
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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