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Chalcopyrite from
Lone Star Mine (St. Ives group), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, 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 Lone Star Mine (St. Ives group), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:546782
Long-form Identifier:1:3:546782:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘLong Chance & Vanelmart Mine (Long Chance Mine; Vanelmart Mine; Last Chance Mine), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘBeckman Mine, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘBlack Rock Mine (Black Rock Tungsten deposit), Black Rock Canyon, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘBanner Mine (Dog Mine; Wild Bill group; Old Glory Mine), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘClover Patch group (B. B. group; Gold Lode group; Old Glory group), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) ⓘCasa Diablo Mine (Casa Diablo Quicksilver Mine), Casa Diablo Mountain, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
12.3km (7.7 miles) ⓘBlind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘLyford Mine (Lynford), Buscones Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) ⓘComanche Mine (Kerrick Mine; Comanche & Kerrick Mine), Diana-Kerrick group, Diana Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
23.0km (14.3 miles) ⓘSacramento Mine, Chalfant Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
References
Rinehart, Charles Dean & Donald C. Ross (1956), Economic geology of the Casa Diablo Mountain quadrangle, California: California Division Mines Special Report: 48, 17 pp.: 8-9
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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