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Bornite from
Oro Grande, Oro Grande Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Classification
Species:Bornite
Formula:Cu5FeS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bornite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oro Grande, Oro Grande Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:644161
Long-form Identifier:1:3:644161:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
28.6km (17.8 miles) ⓘBlack Mountain Mine (Ora Granda claim; Buna Gorda claim), Black Mountain [3], Silver Mountain Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
47.2km (29.3 miles) ⓘCentral tunnel, Ord Mountain Mine (Ord Mountain Mine System; Ord Mine; Ord Mountain deposits; Osborn; Rio Vista claim; Brilliant claim; Josephine claim; Belgium claim; Copper Junction claim), Ord Mountain, Ord Mountains, Ord Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
47.3km (29.4 miles) ⓘOrd Mountain Mine (Ord Mountain Mine System; Ord Mine; Ord Mountain deposits; Osborn; Rio Vista claim; Brilliant claim; Josephine claim; Belgium claim; Copper Junction claim), Ord Mountain, Ord Mountains, Ord Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
47.5km (29.5 miles) ⓘGold Banner Mine, Ord Mountain, Ord Mountains, Ord Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
51.9km (32.2 miles) ⓘCalico District (Daggett District; Calico-Daggett area), Calico Mts (Calico Hills), San Bernardino County, California, USA
55.3km (34.4 miles) ⓘSilver Dome Mine, Fremont Peak (Fremont Peak Range), Fremont Peak Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
60.0km (37.3 miles) ⓘL. and L. Mine (L & L), Rodman Mountains, Belleville Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
64.1km (39.9 miles) ⓘCommercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
64.4km (40.0 miles) ⓘJensen Quarry, Jurupa Mountains, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
76.8km (47.7 miles) ⓘLava Beds District (Newberry District), Lava Bed Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
Cloudman, H.C., F.J.H. Merrill & E. Huguenin (1919), San Bernardino County: California Mining Bureau. Report 15: 785, 878
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
 
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