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Bornite from
Betty Mine (Lone Chimney Mine; Betty Lowe), Guffey Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bornite
Formula:Cu5FeS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bornite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Betty Mine (Lone Chimney Mine; Betty Lowe), Guffey Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:565283
Long-form Identifier:1:3:565283:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘGuffey District; West Occurrence, Guffey Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘCopper King Mine (Copper Queen Mine), Guffey Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
19.9km (12.4 miles) ⓘForest Hill Park Vein, Taylor River, Park County, Colorado, USA
32.8km (20.4 miles) ⓘTexas Creek Prospect, Texas Creek Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
33.5km (20.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed Copper Pegmatite Occurrence (MRDS - 10013424), McIntyre Hills Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
38.0km (23.6 miles) ⓘLeeks Lode, Copper Gulch Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
39.7km (24.7 miles) ⓘLucky Boy Prospect, Tappan Mountain Area, Lake George (Badger Flats) Area, Park County, Colorado, USA
41.3km (25.7 miles) ⓘGrand View Mine, Cleora Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
41.4km (25.7 miles) ⓘCopper Girl (Copper Girl 1906; Patented Claims: Valley View), Copper Gulch Area, Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
43.3km (26.9 miles) ⓘStockton Mine (Gertrude Vein), Cleora Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
References
2008 New Mexico Mineral Symposium abstracts
American Mineralogist,Vol.38 p141
The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 43, pp. 601-622 (2005)
Spry, Paul G.; McFadden, Scott; Teale, Graham S.; Alers, Brian; Shallow, John M.; Glenn, Justin M. (2022) Nodular sillimanite rocks as field indicators to metamorphosed massive sulfide deposits. Ore Geology Reviews, 141. 104632 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104632
Berke, Edward H., Spry, Paul G., Heimann, Adriana, Teale, Graham S., Johnson, Benjamin, von der Handt, Anette, Alers, Brian, Shallow, John M. (2023) The genesis of metamorphosed Paleoproterozoic massive sulphide occurrences in central Colorado: geological, mineralogical and sulphur isotope constraints. Geological Magazine, 160 (7) 1345-1375 doi:10.1017/s0016756823000407
 
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