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Chalcopyrite from
White Mule group (Fair View Mines; Bunker Hill), Frazier Park area, Ventura County, California, USA


Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Marcasite
Native Gold
Pyrite
Quartz
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view White Mule group (Fair View Mines; Bunker Hill), Frazier Park area, Ventura County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:685287
Long-form Identifier:1:3:685287:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘGorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘHogan-Mallery Tin Mine (Hogan-Mallery Meek Mine; Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Mine), Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
64.5km (40.1 miles) ⓘVentu Park Road, Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California, USA
66.2km (41.1 miles) ⓘVentura Mine, Simi Peak, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California, USA
68.5km (42.5 miles) ⓘMiddle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
68.7km (42.7 miles) ⓘCactus Gold Mine (Blue Eagle Mine; Middle Buttes Mine; Cactus Mine; Cactus Queen Mine; Shumake deposit; Shumake Mine), Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
73.4km (45.6 miles) ⓘPacoima Canyon, Los Angeles County, California, USA
74.1km (46.0 miles) ⓘBlackhawk Mine, Millersville, Loraine Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
76.4km (47.5 miles) ⓘDenver group (Denver Mining and Milling Company; Ore Hill group; Red Ledge Mine; Fenner Mine; Chance Mine; Pacoima Canyon Mine), Kagel Canyon, Los Angeles County, California, USA
79.3km (49.2 miles) ⓘRuby Mine (Curly Jim; Montezuma; Blue Bell), Mount Adelaide, Kern County, California, USA
References
Tucker, W. Burling (1925a), San Diego, Ventura Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 21: 231-232
Tucker, W. Burling & Reid J. Sampson (1932), Ventura County: California Mining Bureau. Report 28: 257
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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