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Chalcocite from
Christa Mine, Großschloppen, Kirchenlamitz, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Christa Mine, Großschloppen, Kirchenlamitz, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:90893
Long-form Identifier:1:3:90893:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
7.4km (4.6 miles) ⓘUranium deposit, Rudolfstein, Weißenstadt, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
11.0km (6.9 miles) ⓘMarble quarry, Sinatengrün, Wunsiedel, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
22.0km (13.7 miles) ⓘSilberne Rose Mine, Goldkronach, Bayreuth District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘGroßer Teichelberg (Teichelberg; Teichlberg), Pechbrunn, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
26.3km (16.3 miles) ⓘSiebenhitz, Köditz, Hof District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
32.3km (20.1 miles) ⓘLudwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
33.5km (20.8 miles) ⓘBayerland mine, Pfaffenreuth, Leonberg, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
38.4km (23.8 miles) ⓘOberbaumühle Quarry, Oberbaumühle, Windischeschenbach, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
39.2km (24.4 miles) ⓘTännig, Bad Lobenstein, Saale-Orla District, Thuringia, Germany
46.7km (29.0 miles) ⓘTisová, Kraslice, Sokolov District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
References
DILL, H. G. and KOLB, S.G. (1986): The Großschloppen-Hebanz uranium occurrences. A prototype of mineralized structure zones associated with desilification and silification processes (F.R. Germany/N Bavaria). - In: Uranium Vein-Type Deposits (Ed. H.D. Fuchs), International Atomic Energy Agency, 287-303
Weiß, Stefan (1990) Mineralfundstellen Atlas Deutschland West. Christian Weise Verlag, Munich, Germany. 320pp.
 
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