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Covellite from
Fairview Mine, Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, 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 Fairview Mine, Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:710783
Long-form Identifier:1:3:710783:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘOutlaw Mine, Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
48.5km (30.1 miles) ⓘRichmond Mine, Berlin, Union Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
58.8km (36.6 miles) ⓘKeyser Mine, Morey Mining District, Hot Creek Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
64.6km (40.1 miles) ⓘB. & C. Springs, Paradise Peak Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
68.2km (42.4 miles) ⓘTopside Mine, Morey Mining District, Hot Creek Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
71.8km (44.6 miles) ⓘTonopah-Belmont Mine, Tonopah, Tonopah Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA
78.5km (48.8 miles) ⓘParadise Peak mine open pit, Paradise Peak Mine (Goose Mine; Granny Goose; Paradise; FMC deposit; NBMG Sample Sites 1472 - 1473; Goose claims; Gabbs Mine; Nody prospect; Finger Rock prospect; County Line; Ketchup Flat; Paradise Peak project; Sullivan/Paradise Peak), Paradise Peak [town], Paradise Peak [summit], Paradise Peak Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
78.8km (49.0 miles) ⓘParadise Peak Mine (Goose Mine; Granny Goose; Paradise; FMC deposit; NBMG Sample Sites 1472 - 1473; Goose claims; Gabbs Mine; Nody prospect; Finger Rock prospect; County Line; Ketchup Flat; Paradise Peak project; Sullivan/Paradise Peak), Paradise Peak [town], Paradise Peak [summit], Paradise Peak Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
80.3km (49.9 miles) ⓘCarrie Mine, Gilbert Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
86.8km (53.9 miles) ⓘSan Rafael Mine, Quartz Mountain camp, Lodi Mining District, Lodi Hills, Nye County, Nevada, USA
References
Foord, Eugene E.; Shawe, Daniel R.; Conklin, Nancy M. (1988) Coexisting galena, PbS and sulfosalts: evidence for multiple episodes of mineralization in the Round Mountain and Manhattan gold districts, Nevada. The Canadian Mineralogist, 26 (2). 355-376
 
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