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Bornite from
Island Mountain Mine (Dahrman group; Island Mountain Consolidated Mine; Annex; Leach; Merritt Gore; Shotgun), Moose Peak, Island Mountain, Trinity 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 Island Mountain Mine (Dahrman group; Island Mountain Consolidated Mine; Annex; Leach; Merritt Gore; Shotgun), Moose Peak, Island Mountain, Trinity County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:686447
Long-form Identifier:1:3:686447:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
39.2km (24.4 miles) ⓘHale Creek Mine, Mad River Rock, Trinity County, California, USA
46.8km (29.1 miles) ⓘMurphy Mine (Copper King Mine; Copper Queen Mine; Copper Jack Mine; Copper Ace Mine; Copper Ten Mine), Copper Hill, South Fork Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Trinity County, California, USA
95.8km (59.5 miles) ⓘSweet Home Mine (Ruby Mine), Horse Mountain, Humboldt County, California, USA
96.1km (59.7 miles) ⓘHorse Mountain Mine (Copper Glance Mine; Humboldt Copper Mine), Horse Mountain, Humboldt County, California, USA
98.2km (61.0 miles) ⓘGreenhorn Mine (Greenhorn vein; Willow Creek Mines Inc.; Warren Brothers), French Gulch, French Gulch Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
References
Stinson, Melvin Clarence (1957a), Geology of the Island Mountain copper mine, Trinity County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 53: 25
O’Brien, J.C. (1965) Mines and mineral resources of Trinity County, California. Caifornia Division of Mines and Geology County Report 4, 125 pp.: 21-22
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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