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Chalcopyrite from
Lancha Plana Mine, Camanche, Camanche Mining District, Calaveras 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 Lancha Plana Mine, Camanche, Camanche Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:87100
Long-form Identifier:1:3:87100:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘPenn Mine (Happy Jack; West Constellation; Satellite; Big Satellite; Hinkcley; Blue Jay; Meteor; Hecla; Little Satellite; Copper Hill; Penn Chemical Works; Campo Seco), Campo Seco, Campo Seco Mining District, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘBell Prince Mine, Campo Seco, Campo Seco Mining District, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘThayer Mine (Grey House Mine; Greyhouse Mine; Grayhouse Mine), Waters Peak, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
9.6km (5.9 miles) ⓘJanie Boyd Mine (Sanches; Holmes Mine), Campo Seco, Campo Seco Mining District, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘHolmes Ranch occurrence [1], Campo Seco, Campo Seco Mining District, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
12.5km (7.7 miles) ⓘBull Run Mine, Chrome Mountain, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
12.8km (8.0 miles) ⓘIone City Mine, Sunnybrook, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
15.5km (9.6 miles) ⓘNewton Mine (Newton Copper Mine; Jackson Mine), Sunnybrook, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘHayward Mine (Allen Mine), Sunnybrook, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
16.3km (10.1 miles) ⓘPlymouth Rock Mine, Jenny Lind, Jenny Lind Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
References
Dana, Edward Salisbury; Dana, James Dwight (1892) A System of Mineralogy (6th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Reid, John A. (1907b), The ore deposits in Copperopolis, Calaveras County, California: Economic Geology: 2: 398
(1908, September) The Copper Resources of California. Bulletin 50. California State Mining Bureaup.190
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.
 
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