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Chalcopyrite from
Red Mountain Occurrence (Burge Group; Collins; Climax Claim), Twin Lakes Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Mountain Occurrence (Burge Group; Collins; Climax Claim), Twin Lakes Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:372471
Long-form Identifier:1:3:372471:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘRuby Mine (MS 12174; Claims: Ruby 1-4), Lincoln Mining District (Lincoln Gulch Mining District; Ruby Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) ⓘSphalerite Mine, Lincoln Mining District (Lincoln Gulch Mining District; Ruby Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘPitkin Mine, Independence (Independence Pass), Columbia Mining District (Ashcroft Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘGordon Mine, Twin Lakes Mining District, Lake County, Colorado, USA
11.5km (7.2 miles) ⓘMike Rabbit Prospect, La Plata Mining District (Winfield Mining District), Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘIndependence Mine (Gatton; MS 1422; Claims: Independence; MS 1421; Mammoth; MS 1424; Dolly Varden; MS 1423), Lincoln Mining District (Lincoln Gulch Mining District; Ruby Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘMt. Hope Mine (Golden Champion Mill Site; MS 1882b; Golden Champion; MS 1882a; Claims:Mount Hope; MS 1881a; Mount Hope Mill Site; MS 1881b), Lincoln Mining District (Lincoln Gulch Mining District; Ruby Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
18.9km (11.8 miles) ⓘGold Hill Tunnel (Gold Star Tunnel), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
19.2km (12.0 miles) ⓘDifficult Creek District Occurrence, Difficult Creek Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
24.4km (15.2 miles) ⓘWapaca Occurrence, Buena Vista Area, Free Gold Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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