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Chalcopyrite from
Silver King Mine, Redding, Redding Mining District, Shasta 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 Silver King Mine, Redding, Redding Mining District, Shasta County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:333469
Long-form Identifier:1:3:333469:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘBuena Vista occurrence, Redding, Redding Mining District, Shasta County, California, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘAnavina group (Peerless), Mule Mountain, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘWillard and Williams Mine (W and W Mine), Keswick, Shasta Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
8.3km (5.1 miles) ⓘClimax Mine, Petty Butte, South Fork Silver District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
10.2km (6.3 miles) ⓘWhite Star Mine (White Star group; White Star Silver group; Crystal), Petty Butte, South Fork Silver District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘKanaka prospect (Shunshine), Whiskeytown, Whiskeytown Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
11.7km (7.3 miles) ⓘLady Slipper Mine (Live Oak Mine), South Fork Mountain, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘWalker Mine (Utah and California Mine; Josephine and Providence Mine; Dowling Mining and Investment Company; Star Gulch Mining Company), Whitehouse, Old Diggings Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘJanice group (Benson group), South Fork Mountain, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘCentral Mine, Churntown, Old Diggings Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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