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Bornite from
Baxter Winthrop Mine (Winthrope Mine; Baxter Mine; Copper City Mine; Excelsior claim; Brown claim; Humboldt claim; Baxter claim), Bully Hill, Bully Hill, Bully Hill District (Winthrop District), East Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta 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 Baxter Winthrop Mine (Winthrope Mine; Baxter Mine; Copper City Mine; Excelsior claim; Brown claim; Humboldt claim; Baxter claim), Bully Hill, Bully Hill, Bully Hill District (Winthrop District), East Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:654601
Long-form Identifier:1:3:654601:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘRising Star Mine (Anchor lode), Bully Hill, Bully Hill, Bully Hill District (Winthrop District), East Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘBully Hill Mine (Shasta Zinc and Copper Mine; Bully Hill-Rising Star Mine; Copper City Mine; Rising Star Mine; Delamar Mine; Shasta Zinc and Copper Mine), Bully Hill, Bully Hill, Bully Hill District (Winthrop District), East Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘHaley group (Minnie Haley group; Endless Chain A; Kane and Wilber group; Potter; Endless Chain and Missing Link), North Gray Rocks, East Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘWoodrow Wilson Mine, Sugarloaf [4], East Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘAfterthought Mine, Ingot, East Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘThompson Mine (American Girl Mine), Mountain Gate, East Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
20.0km (12.4 miles) ⓘMammoth Mine (Mammoth Copper Company; Anderson Mine; Mayflower Mine; Sheridan Mine; Gillispie Mine), Copper Crest group, Mammoth Butte, Backbone District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘAkers group, Mammoth Butte, Backbone District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
28.7km (17.8 miles) ⓘLady Slipper Mine (Live Oak Mine), South Fork Mountain, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
42.3km (26.3 miles) ⓘGreenhorn Mine (Greenhorn vein; Willow Creek Mines Inc.; Warren Brothers), French Gulch, French Gulch Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
References
A.I.M.E. Transactions: 48: 67-117 (1915)]: 98
 
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