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Enargite from
Exchequer Mine (Buckeye Mine; Acacia Mine; Saugatuck et al), IXL Canyon (I.X.L. Canyon), Silver Mountain, Silver Mountain Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Enargite
Formula:Cu3AsS4
Comments:No enargite here - see https://www.mindat.org/mesg-515208.html
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Enargite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Exchequer Mine (Buckeye Mine; Acacia Mine; Saugatuck et al), IXL Canyon (I.X.L. Canyon), Silver Mountain, Silver Mountain Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:64656
Long-form Identifier:1:3:64656:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Enargite
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘGlobe Mine (Laura Karner Mine; Hercules Mine), Colorado Hill, Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘAdvance Mine (Zaca Mine; Zaca group; North Advance Mine; Collosus Mine; Colorado No. 2 Mine; Tarshish Mine), Colorado Hill, Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
8.6km (5.4 miles) ⓘMonitor Mine, Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘMogul Peak, Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
9.4km (5.9 miles) ⓘOrion Mine (Orian Mine), Mogul Peak, Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
9.9km (6.1 miles) ⓘMorning Star Mine (Curtz Mine; Ardis Mine), Mogul Peak, Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
38.3km (23.8 miles) ⓘSilver Mine Creek prospect, Kennedy Meadow, Tuolumne County, California, USA
58.5km (36.3 miles) ⓘWheeler mine, Pine Grove Hills, Wilson Mining District, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
64.3km (39.9 miles) ⓘSerita Mine, New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
65.0km (40.4 miles) ⓘPittsburg-Liberty Mine (Pittsburg claim; Pittsburg No. 2 claim; Liberty claim; Liberty No. 2 claim), New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
References
Hanks, Henry Garber (1884), Fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 4, 410 pp. (includes catalog of minerals of California pp. 63-410), and miscellaneous observations on mineral products): 76
Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
 
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