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Covellite from
Fat Jack Mine, Lane Mountain, Crown King, Pine Grove Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, 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 Fat Jack Mine, Lane Mountain, Crown King, Pine Grove Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:43787
Long-form Identifier:1:3:43787:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
30.0km (18.6 miles) ⓘCash Mine (Senator-Cash Mine; Patented claims 1459 & 410), Mount Union Pass, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
35.6km (22.1 miles) ⓘMcCabe-Gladstone Mine (McCabe Mine; Gladstone Mine; Monopolist claim; Sink To Rise claim; Gladstone claim), Silver Belt-McCabe vein, Galena Gulch area, McCabe, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
68.2km (42.4 miles) ⓘUnited Verde Mine, Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
68.8km (42.7 miles) ⓘUnited Verde Extension Mine (Little Daisy group of claims), Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
80.0km (49.7 miles) ⓘTonopah-Belmont Mine, Belmont Mountain, Tonopah, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
92.2km (57.3 miles) ⓘPayson, Payson Mining District (Green Valley Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USA
93.7km (58.2 miles) ⓘBruce Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
93.8km (58.3 miles) ⓘBagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
94.8km (58.9 miles) ⓘCopper King Mine (Lawler Mines), Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
96.6km (60.0 miles) ⓘCuprum claim (Cuprum prospect), Boulder Creek, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Scovil, Jeffrey A., Wagner, Les (1991) The Fat Jack Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona. The Mineralogical Record, 22 (1) 21-28pp.21-21
 
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