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Chalcopyrite from
Rita Alta Mine, Rainbow Lake Mining District, Lake Creek Mining District, Custer County, Colorado, 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 Rita Alta Mine, Rainbow Lake Mining District, Lake Creek Mining District, Custer County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:433739
Long-form Identifier:1:3:433739:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘSangre De Cristo Mine (Bobtail and Gregory Lode), Custer County, Colorado, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘBig Horn Mine (Big Horn; Grey Ram; Burro Claims), Custer County, Colorado, USA
6.2km (3.8 miles) ⓘKnight - Stacy Occurrence (Grab; Rito Alto), Rainbow Lake Mining District, Lake Creek Mining District, Custer County, Colorado, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘSteele Canyon Mining; Milling; and Investment Company Claims (Independence; Victor; Princess), Blake Mining District (Mirage Mining District; Cotton Creek Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘOrient Iron Mine (Caesar; MS 11400; Valley View; MS 8940; Vivia B.; MS 4988; Runaway; MS 1539; Prospector; MS 1505; Villa Grove), Orient Mining District, Saguache County, Colorado, USA
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘGem Mine, Gem Park complex, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
13.6km (8.4 miles) ⓘWest McCoy Gulch Property, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘCotopaxi Mine (Cotopaxi lode; Gumaer Mine; Fannie lode; Fannie Mill), Mine Gulch, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘCotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘJit Prospect (Stroehlke Prospect), Silver Cliff Mining District, Custer County, Colorado, USA
References
Eckel, Edwin Butt; Cobban, Robert R.; Mosburg, Shirley K.; Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
 
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