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Covellite from
Blue Moon Mine (Porcupine Mine; Blue Cloud Mine; Red Cloud Mine; Percupine Mine; American Eagle Mine; Bullion Hill Mine), Quartzburg, Hornitos Mining District, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blue Moon Mine (Porcupine Mine; Blue Cloud Mine; Red Cloud Mine; Percupine Mine; American Eagle Mine; Bullion Hill Mine), Quartzburg, Hornitos Mining District, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:647591
Long-form Identifier:1:3:647591:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au prospect [15], Quartzburg, Hornitos Mining District, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
14.9km (9.3 miles) ⓘTyro Mine (Rittershoffen Mine), Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
30.5km (18.9 miles) ⓘCopper Queen I Mine, Mariposa, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
63.4km (39.4 miles) ⓘNassau Mine (Goat Ranch; Poole Mine), Carmen City, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
92.0km (57.2 miles) ⓘPenn Mine (Happy Jack; West Constellation; Satellite; Big Satellite; Hinkcley; Blue Jay; Meteor; Hecla; Little Satellite; Copper Hill; Penn Chemical Works; Campo Seco), Campo Seco, Campo Seco Mining District, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
References
Wiebelt, F.J., Sanborn, W.C., Trengrove, R.R., and Ricker, A.S. (1951) Investigaton of West Belt copper-zinc mines, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, and Mariposa counties. U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 4760, 62 pp.: 16
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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