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Chalcopyrite from
Gruss Mine (Genesee Mine; Genesee Valley Mine; Ward Mine), Genesee, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, 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 Gruss Mine (Genesee Mine; Genesee Valley Mine; Ward Mine), Genesee, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:66341
Long-form Identifier:1:3:66341:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘNative Son Mine, Genesee, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘCosmopolitan Mine (Reward Mine), Genesee, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) ⓘU. S. Smelting; Refining; and Mining Company prospect (Lena), Argentine Rock, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
9.1km (5.6 miles) ⓘWalker Mine (Walker Brothers Mine; Walker Copper Mine; Native Son Mine [?]), Argentine Rock, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘBeardsley Mine (Telge Mine), Wheeler Peak, Genesee, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘIron Dike Mine (Montgomery Mine; Iron Dyke Mine; Copper Bull Mine; Pettinger vein), Taylorsville, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
14.4km (9.0 miles) ⓘLucky S Mine, Tanners Rock, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
19.6km (12.2 miles) ⓘSuperior Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
19.6km (12.2 miles) ⓘEngles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
20.4km (12.7 miles) ⓘGreen Mountain Mine, Moccasin, Plumas County, California, USA
References
Dana, Edward Salisbury; Dana, James Dwight (1892) A System of Mineralogy (6th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Diller, J.S. (1905), Mineral resources of the Indian Valley region, California, USGS Bulletin 260: 45-49.
Engineering and Mining Journal (Engineering & Mining Journal) (1920), Mining news: 110: 543
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 130, 133.
 
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