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Bornite 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:Bornite
Formula:Cu5FeS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Covellite
Pyrite
Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite Subgroup
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bornite 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:322669
Long-form Identifier:1:3:322669:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
3.0km (1.9 miles) Surcease Mine (Bunker Hill Mine; Treasure Hill Mine), Big Bend, Butte County, California, USA
56.6km (35.2 miles) Shoofly occurrence, Indian Falls, Plumas County, California, USA
59.7km (37.1 miles) Green Lead Mine (Eureka Consolidated; Eureka Cons), Spenceville, Spenceville Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
61.1km (38.0 miles) California Gold and Copper Mine (California Gold and Copper Co.; Sixteen-to-One claim; Jackson claim), Spenceville, Spenceville Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
65.1km (40.5 miles) Spanish Quartz Mine (Spanish Qtz.; Spanish Mine; Spanish Mng. & S F Com. Co.; Spanish Mng. & S F Commercial Co.; American claim; Spanish claim; Santa Anita claim; Santa Anita Extension claim; Pine Tree claim; Singleton claim; Grizzly claim; Savage claim; Mexican Cons./Santa Anita), Washington, Washington Mining District (Omega 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
68.2km (42.4 miles) Hinchman Mine (North Star Mine; Polar Mine), Genesee, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas 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
70.6km (43.9 miles) Lotzen Ranch prospect, Spenceville, Spenceville Mining District, Nevada 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
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