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Chalcopyrite from
Victor Bonanza Mine (Victor Bananza group), Ortigalita Peak, Merced 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 Victor Bonanza Mine (Victor Bananza group), Ortigalita Peak, Merced County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:329256
Long-form Identifier:1:3:329256:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
6.2km (3.9 miles) ⓘJose Mine, Sugarloaf, Merced County, California, USA
39.5km (24.5 miles) ⓘCopper Mountain Mine, Pinnacles National Park, Gabilan Range, San Benito County, California, USA
54.0km (33.6 miles) ⓘLewis and Clark claim (Lewis Creek), Fourth of July Spring, San Benito County, California, USA
58.6km (36.4 miles) ⓘRianda Mine (Half Dome Mine), Pigeon Point, Santa Clara County, California, USA
62.6km (38.9 miles) ⓘChristie Mine (Christi Mine; Christy Mine; Christie Asbestos; Coalinga Asbestos), Wright Mountain, Fresno County, California, USA
73.4km (45.6 miles) ⓘTrampa Canyon prospect, Jamesburg, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey County, California, USA
77.5km (48.1 miles) ⓘPennsylvania Mine, Sugarloaf Mountain, Black Wonder Mining District, Santa Clara County, California, USA
89.7km (55.7 miles) ⓘNew Almaden Mine (New Almaden Mines), New Almaden, New Almaden Mining District, Santa Clara County, California, USA
91.1km (56.6 miles) ⓘBuckeye Mine (Buckeye Mines; Wright Mine), Mount Oso, Ladd-Buckeye Mining District, Stanislaus County, California, USA
94.6km (58.8 miles) ⓘNe Plus Ultra Mine (Daulton Copper Mine; Dalton Mine; Daulton Copper deposit; California Copper Co.), Daulton group, Daulton, Daulton Mining District, Madera County, California, USA
References
(1908, September) The Copper Resources of California. Bulletin 50. California State Mining Bureaup.146
Lowell, F.L. (1916), Mines and mineral resources of the counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus: California Mining Bureau. Report 14: 605
Davis, Fenelon Francis & D.W. Carlson (1952), Mines and mineral resources of Merced County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 48: 250
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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