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Chalcopyrite from
El Valle-Boinás Mine, Belmonte de Miranda, Asturias, Spain


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Silesiaite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Valle-Boinás Mine, Belmonte de Miranda, Asturias, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:521337
Long-form Identifier:1:3:521337:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Chalcopyrite in this Region
Boinás west skarn, El Valle-Boinás Mine, Belmonte de Miranda, Asturias, Spain
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
10.2km (6.4 miles) ⓘCarlés Mine, Carlés, Salas, Asturias, Spain
38.5km (23.9 miles) ⓘBrañalamosa, Lena, Asturias, Spain
43.2km (26.8 miles) ⓘMoscona Mine, El Pontón de Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Asturias, Spain
43.5km (27.0 miles) ⓘVillabona Mines (San Ismael; Santo Firme; Cucona), Villabona, Llanera, Asturias, Spain
57.3km (35.6 miles) ⓘSalave, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain
57.7km (35.8 miles) ⓘRecogida Mine, Busdemouros, Villanueva de Oscos, Asturias, Spain
58.8km (36.6 miles) ⓘLa Viesca Mine, Huergo, La Collada mining area, Siero, Asturias, Spain
65.9km (41.0 miles) ⓘBuiza de Gordón, Pola de Gordón, León, Castile and Leon, Spain
66.7km (41.4 miles) ⓘProvidencia Mine, Villanueva de Pontedo, Cármenes, León, Castile and Leon, Spain
66.9km (41.6 miles) ⓘProfunda Mine, Cármenes, León, Castile and Leon, Spain
References
Mesa, M., Calvo, M. & Viñals,(2002). El Valle - Boinás, un proyecto moderno con minerales de excepción. Bocamina, 9, 40-85.
Cepedal, A., Martin-Izard, A., & Fuertes-Fuente, M. (2004) Ag and Bi-bearing sulphides, tellurides and selenides, El Valle-Boinás Cu-Au skarn, Asturias, Spain. Extended Abstracts, IGCP-486, Alba Iulia, Romanía, pp 219-221.
Cepedal, A., Fuertes-Fuente, M., Martin-Izard, A., Gonzalez-Nistal, S., Barrero, M. (2008) old-bearing As-rich pyrite and arsenopyrite from the El Valle gold deposit, Asturias, northwestern Spain. The Canadian Mineralogist, 46 (1). 233-247 doi:10.3749/canmin.46.1.233
 
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