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Chalcopyrite from
Graham and Stephens Mine, Whig Patch diggings, Grant County, Wisconsin, 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 Graham and Stephens Mine, Whig Patch diggings, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:922902
Long-form Identifier:1:3:922902:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘEnterprise Mine, Platteville area, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) ⓘTrego Mine (Great Northern), Platteville area, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
5.4km (3.4 miles) ⓘEmpire Mine, Platteville area, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
13.6km (8.4 miles) ⓘPiquette Mine (Piquette #2), Tennyson area, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘWashburn Mine, Arthur area, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
16.7km (10.4 miles) ⓘBaxter Mine, Cuba City area, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘGritty Six Mine, Cuba City area, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
25.8km (16.0 miles) ⓘNew Cottingham Mine (Cottingham No. 2 Mine), New Diggings area mines, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
26.0km (16.2 miles) ⓘNew Hoskins Mine, New Diggings area mines, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
27.9km (17.3 miles) ⓘHughlett and Gray Mine, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
References
Small zinc mine that worked in the early 1900's. The ore was sphalerite disseminated through the Ordovician Decorah Formation carbonate rocks.
 
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