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Chalcopyrite from
Golden Eagle Mine (Show Me Copper Co. Mine), Claypool, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, 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 Golden Eagle Mine (Show Me Copper Co. Mine), Claypool, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:427463
Long-form Identifier:1:3:427463:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘCopper Cities Mine, Copper Cities Mine area, Sleeping Beauty Peak, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘCedar Tree claim (Cedar Tree deposit; Porphyry Reserve Copper Co. claims; Bessie claim group; Louis D'Or group), Claypool, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘMiami East Mine, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘInspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘVan Dyke Mine (Van Dyke shaft; Van Dyke deposit; Van Dyke claim; Oxymin's Van Dyke deposit), Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘMiami Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘInspiration pit, Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) ⓘMoney Metals lode (Money Metal shaft; Money Metal property; Slumbering Beauty group; Patented claims MS 2735 / 2736a & b), Myberg Basin, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘLive Oak pit, Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
7.0km (4.3 miles) ⓘNew Dominion Mine (New Dominion property; New Dominion group; Stallo deposit), Big Johnnie Gulch, Globe, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10046314, MRDS ID #M241220.
 
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