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Bornite from
Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bornite
Formula:Cu5FeS4
Comments:Occurs in important amounts. Some material forms microscopic "graphic intergrowths" with chalcocite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Chalcocite
Covellite
Enargite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bornite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:64146
Long-form Identifier:1:3:64146:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘSuperior Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘLights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘRuby Mine (Williams and Stark Mine), Evans Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘTrask and Copper Mine (Trask and Coffer Mine; Moonlight Mine; Beetle Mine), Rattlesnake Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘBeardsley Mine (Telge Mine), Wheeler Peak, Genesee, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
14.9km (9.2 miles) ⓘBig Cliff occurrence, Wheeler Peak, Genesee, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘCosmopolitan Mine (Reward Mine), Genesee, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
16.3km (10.1 miles) ⓘHinchman Mine (North Star Mine; Polar Mine), Genesee, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
19.6km (12.2 miles) ⓘGruss Mine (Genesee Mine; Genesee Valley Mine; Ward Mine), Genesee, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
20.0km (12.4 miles) ⓘPilot Mine (Borden Mine), Genesee, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
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