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Covellite from
Spar Lake Deposit (Troy Prospect), Troy Mining District, Lincoln County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Spar Lake Deposit (Troy Prospect), Troy Mining District, Lincoln County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:500845
Long-form Identifier:1:3:500845:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘAlamo Prospect, Clark Fork Mining District, Bonner County, Idaho, USA
26.3km (16.3 miles) ⓘMontanore deposit (Noxon Project; Rock Lake Deposit), Silver Butte Mining District (Vermillion Mining District; Cabinet Mining District), Sanders County, Montana, USA
79.3km (49.3 miles) ⓘHecla Mine, Lelande Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
80.9km (50.3 miles) ⓘCaledonia Mine, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
80.9km (50.3 miles) ⓘSierra Nevada Mine, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
81.4km (50.6 miles) ⓘLast Chance Mine, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
81.9km (50.9 miles) ⓘBunker Hill Mine, Wardner, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
82.0km (50.9 miles) ⓘSunshine Mine, Evolution Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
84.1km (52.3 miles) ⓘSnowstorm Mine, Hunter Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
84.7km (52.6 miles) ⓘHypotheek Mine, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
References
Econ Geol (1986) 81:1899-1931
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
Hayes, T. S., Landis, G. P., Whelan, J. F., Rye, R. O., & Moscati, R. J. (2012). The Spar Lake strata-bound Cu-Ag deposit formed across a mixing zone between trapped natural gas and metals-bearing brine. Economic Geology, 107(6), 1223-1249.
 
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