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Chalcocite from
Red Cap Creek Mine (Red Cap Mine; La Perin Mine; Sky Chief Mine), Red Cap Creek, Opegoi, Weitchpec Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Humboldt County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Cap Creek Mine (Red Cap Mine; La Perin Mine; Sky Chief Mine), Red Cap Creek, Opegoi, Weitchpec Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Humboldt County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:646546
Long-form Identifier:1:3:646546:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘRed Cap Central Mine, Hopkins Butte, Mill Creek Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Humboldt County, California, USA
44.2km (27.5 miles) ⓘHorse Mountain Mine (Copper Glance Mine; Humboldt Copper Mine), Horse Mountain, Humboldt County, California, USA
44.6km (27.7 miles) ⓘSweet Home Mine (Ruby Mine), Horse Mountain, Humboldt County, California, USA
50.5km (31.4 miles) ⓘMcClaren Mine (McClaren group; Trinity group; Trinity No. 1 claim; Mountain Bell claim), Stoveleg Gap, East Fork Mining District, Salmon Mountains, Klamath Mountains, Trinity County, California, USA
58.1km (36.1 miles) ⓘBig Blue claim (Big Blue Mine), Sugar Hill, Callahan Mining District (Scott River Mining District), Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
61.0km (37.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Cu occurrence [1], Helena, North Fork Mining District, Salmon Mountains, Klamath Mountains, Trinity County, California, USA
67.5km (41.9 miles) ⓘPolar Bear Mine (Chalcopyrite Mine), Schneider Hill, Callahan Mining District (Scott River Mining District), Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
69.4km (43.1 miles) ⓘCopper King Mine (Copper King claim), Schneider Hill, Callahan Mining District (Scott River Mining District), Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
70.1km (43.6 miles) ⓘHiggins Mountain group, Washington Flat, Klamath Mountains, Del Norte County, California, USA
73.8km (45.9 miles) ⓘCopper Queen Mine (Copper Queen lode; Copper Queen group), Bonanza King lookout, Bonanza King, Trinity Fork Mining District (Trinity Mining District), Trinity Mountains, Klamath Mountains, Trinity County, California, USA
References
Hershey, Oscar H. (1908), Primary chalcocite in California: Mining and Scientific Press: 6: 429-430
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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