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Covellite from
Express Mine (Express - Headlight Mine), Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Express Mine (Express - Headlight Mine), Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:379908
Long-form Identifier:1:3:379908:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘChloride Mine (Chloride 1-4 claims), Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) ⓘEmpress Josephine Mine (Empress Josephine claim; Boss Mammoth claim), Bonanza, Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘLiberty Mine, Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘRawley Mine, Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘBonanza Mine (Cornucopia Claims; Bonanza No. 1), Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘJoe Wheeler Mine (Claim: Golden Wave), Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
22.0km (13.7 miles) ⓘLookout No. 22 claim, Saguache County, Colorado, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘPitch Mine, Saguache County, Colorado, USA
38.6km (24.0 miles) ⓘCotopaxi Mine (Cotopaxi lode; Gumaer Mine; Fannie lode; Fannie Mill), Mine Gulch, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
39.8km (24.7 miles) ⓘSedalia Mine (Sedalia Copper Mine), Sedalia Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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