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Chalcopyrite from
Rainbow Mine, Little Peak, Plumas 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 Rainbow Mine, Little Peak, Plumas County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:646276
Long-form Identifier:1:3:646276:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
20.8km (12.9 miles) ⓘBear Canyon Mine, Clipper Mills, Clipper Mills Mining District, Butte County, California, USA
24.4km (15.2 miles) ⓘForbestown Consolidated Gold Mines (Gold Bank Mine; Gold Bank Consolidated Quartz Mine; Pine Grove Gold Bank Consolidated Mine), Forbestown, Forbestown Mining District, Butte County, California, USA
24.9km (15.5 miles) ⓘBig Bend Mine (Evening Star Mine; Evening Star claim; Pinkston Mine), Big Bend Mountain, Big Bend, Butte County, California, USA
27.0km (16.8 miles) ⓘCopper Bullion Mine (Copper group), Pilot Peak, Plumas County, California, USA
27.8km (17.3 miles) ⓘSurcease Mine (Bunker Hill Mine; Treasure Hill Mine), Big Bend, Butte County, California, USA
32.6km (20.2 miles) ⓘFern Leaf claim (Cleveland claim), Camptonville, Camptonville Mining District, Yuba County, California, USA
35.1km (21.8 miles) ⓘHinton Mine (Cassa Mine; Golden Mary Mine), Greenville, Dobbins Mining District, Yuba County, California, USA
36.0km (22.4 miles) ⓘKate Hardy Mine (Hawn Mine; Derelict Mine; Kate Hardy Mine and mill), Old Mountain House, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘCalifornia Mother Lode Mine (California M Lode Mine; Eagle Mine), Dobbins, Dobbins Mining District, Yuba County, California, USA
37.5km (23.3 miles) ⓘFour Hills Mine, Hawley Lake, Sierra City Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
References
Averill, Charles V. (1937), Mineral resources of Plumas County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 33): 33(2): 121
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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