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Bornite from
Dark Horse Mine (Darkhorse), Beaverhead Mining District (Dark Horse Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bornite
Formula:Cu5FeS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite1
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bornite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dark Horse Mine (Darkhorse), Beaverhead Mining District (Dark Horse Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:497471
Long-form Identifier:1:3:497471:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘJahnke Mine, Beaverhead Mining District (Dark Horse Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘHungry Hill Mine (Jerry Hurley Property; Mountain View), Eldorado Mining District (Geertson Mining District), Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘAnderson Occurrence (Geertson Creek Claims), Eldorado Mining District (Geertson Mining District), Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘCarmen Mine, Carmen Creek Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) ⓘPattee Creek Workings Occurrence, McDevitt Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘNo. Pay Mine, McDevitt Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
22.5km (14.0 miles) ⓘBuffalo Mine (Stenson S), McDevitt Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) ⓘBlack Bull Group Claims (Black Bull No. 2 and No. 3 and Fraction Claims), McDevitt Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
23.3km (14.5 miles) ⓘIdaho Pride claims Group (Azurite and Stage Coach Claims; G & P), Horseshoe Bend Creek, McDevitt Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘPope-Shenon Mine, Sal Mountain, Salmon, Eureka Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
References
Winchell, Alexander Newton (1914) Mining districts of the Dillon quadrangle, Montana, and adjacent areas. Bulletin 574. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b574
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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