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Bornite from
Powell Mine (Powell Copper Mine; Powell No. 6; Cedar Mine; Toughgoing group; Optimo Nos. 1-6; Sequoia Zinc; Tule Copper property; Able Lode claim), Mountain Home, Tulare County, California, 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 Powell Mine (Powell Copper Mine; Powell No. 6; Cedar Mine; Toughgoing group; Optimo Nos. 1-6; Sequoia Zinc; Tule Copper property; Able Lode claim), Mountain Home, Tulare County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:646100
Long-form Identifier:1:3:646100:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
33.9km (21.1 miles) ⓘRound Valley Mine (Round Valley Copper Mine; Round Valley Copper prospect; Round Valley prospect), Lindsay, Tulare County, California, USA
43.4km (27.0 miles) ⓘOakland Mine (Oakland Copper Mine), Whaleback Ridge, Tulare County, California, USA
50.8km (31.6 miles) ⓘHart prospect (Hart property; Hart group), Hartland, Tulare County, California, USA
61.0km (37.9 miles) ⓘKenawyer Mine (Kings River Canyon Mine), Cedar Grove, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno County, California, USA
62.4km (38.8 miles) ⓘGreenback Mine (Weringer Mine), Woody (Weringdale), Woody Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
70.7km (43.9 miles) ⓘUncle Sam Mine (Uncle Sam group), Wren Peak, Fresno County, California, USA
79.0km (49.1 miles) ⓘReward Mine, Reward, Russ Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
86.9km (54.0 miles) ⓘSanta Rosa Mine (Lee-Santa Rosa Mine; Santa Rosa Mines), Malpais Mesa, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
96.5km (60.0 miles) ⓘThompson Mine, Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
97.0km (60.2 miles) ⓘCopper Queen-Lucky Boy Mine (Copper Queen Mine), Summit 2347 meters, Nelson Range, Lee Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
References
Tucker, W. Burling (1919), El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Tehama, and Tulare Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 15: 909
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.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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