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Chalcopyrite from
Picacho Copper Mine (Picacho Mine; Picacho Glance; Copper Glance Mine; Copper King Mine), Picacho, Picacho Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, 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 Picacho Copper Mine (Picacho Mine; Picacho Glance; Copper Glance Mine; Copper King Mine), Picacho, Picacho Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:325394
Long-form Identifier:1:3:325394:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘUnspecified occurrences at or near Picacho, Picacho, Picacho Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘPicacho Copper Mine, Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
21.8km (13.6 miles) ⓘAmerican Girl Mine (Cargo Mine; Cargo Muchacho Mine), American Girl project, Obregon, Cargo Muchacho Mining District (Hedges Mining District; Ogilby Mining District), Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) ⓘBlossom Mine (Blossom shaft; Salamanca Consolidated Mine; Valencia No. 2 shaft; Valencia shaft), Obregon, Cargo Muchacho Mining District (Hedges Mining District; Ogilby Mining District), Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) ⓘVolunteer Mine (Volunteer group of claims; Volunteer Group Mine), Quartz Peak, Paymaster Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
37.4km (23.2 miles) ⓘPaymaster Mine (Paymaster group; Complex Minerals; President claim; Flagpole group; Hazel claim; Emilia), Midway Well, Paymaster Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
59.8km (37.2 miles) ⓘRainbow claim, Mule Mountains District (Hodges Mountain District), Riverside County, California, USA
60.7km (37.7 miles) ⓘAmerican Flag Mine (Hidden Treasure claims), Mule Mountains District (Hodges Mountain District), Riverside County, California, USA
62.3km (38.7 miles) ⓘRoosevelt Mine (Santa Fe Mine; Roosevelt and Rainbow Mine; Roosevelt vein; Rainbow vein), Mule Mountains District (Hodges Mountain District), Riverside County, California, USA
62.3km (38.7 miles) ⓘRoosevelt Mine (Roosevelt claim; Roosevelt and Rainbow Mine; Santa Fe Mine), Mule Mountains District (Hodges Mountain District), Riverside County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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