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Chalcopyrite from
Cosumnes Copper Mine, Fair Play, Fairplay Mining District, El Dorado 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 Cosumnes Copper Mine, Fair Play, Fairplay Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:59330
Long-form Identifier:1:3:59330:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘMount Pleasant Mine (Mount Pleasant deposit), Grizzly Flat, Grizzly Flat Mining District, East Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
9.1km (5.6 miles) ⓘCosumnes Mine (Cosumnes Melton; Melton; Middle End), Grizzly Flat, Grizzly Flat Mining District, East Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
17.0km (10.6 miles) ⓘNoonday Mine, Logtown, El Dorado Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘBlue Cat Mine (Magdalena; Madelina; Madeline), Logtown, El Dorado Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
17.3km (10.7 miles) ⓘHazel Creek Mine, East Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
17.3km (10.8 miles) ⓘE. E. Copper Mine (E. E. Copper deposit), Logtown, El Dorado Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
19.4km (12.1 miles) ⓘDefender Mine, Pioneer, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Amador County, California, USA
19.9km (12.4 miles) ⓘPine Grove Mine, Barton, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Amador County, California, USA
20.4km (12.7 miles) ⓘElkhorn Mine (Haywire Mine), Pioneer, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Amador County, California, USA
20.7km (12.9 miles) ⓘJumbo Mine, Barton, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Amador County, California, USA
References
Dana, Edward Salisbury; Dana, James Dwight (1892) A System of Mineralogy (6th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Tucker, W. Burling & C.A. Waring (1919), El Dorado County: California Mining Bureau. Report 15: 276-278
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 129, 131. USGS Bull 1182E.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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