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Covellite from
Kockbulak mine (Kochbulak Au-Ag-Te deposit), Ohangaron District, Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kockbulak mine (Kochbulak Au-Ag-Te deposit), Ohangaron District, Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:943635
Long-form Identifier:1:3:943635:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘKairagach Au deposit, Ohangaron District, Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan
33.1km (20.6 miles) ⓘAdrasman Mine, Adrasmon (Adrasman), Ghafurov District, Sughd, Tajikistan
36.0km (22.4 miles) ⓘTary-Ekan Pb-Zn deposit (Taryekan deposit), East Karamazar ore district, Adrasmon (Adrasman), Ghafurov District, Sughd, Tajikistan
42.0km (26.1 miles) ⓘKalmakyr Mine (Almalyk Mine), Piskent District, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
42.1km (26.2 miles) ⓘKal'makyr ore body, Kalmakyr Mine (Almalyk Mine), Piskent District, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
45.8km (28.4 miles) ⓘKanjol Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu deposit, Mastchoh District, Sughd, Tajikistan
62.7km (38.9 miles) ⓘKanimansur mine (Kanimansur Pb-Zn deposit), East Karamazar ore district, Adrasmon (Adrasman), Ghafurov District, Sughd, Tajikistan
75.0km (46.6 miles) ⓘKaptarkhan deposit, Mastchoh District, Sughd, Tajikistan
References
Kovalenker, V. A., Safonov, Y. G., Naumov, V. B., Rusinov, V. L. (1997) The Epithermal Gold-Telluride Kochbulak Deposit. Geology of Ore Deposits, 39 (2) 107-128
Plotinskaya, O. Yu., Kovalenker, V. A., Seltmann, R., Stanley, C. J. (2006) Te and Se mineralogy of the high-sulfidation Kochbulak and Kairagach epithermal gold telluride deposits (Kurama Ridge, Middle Tien Shan, Uzbekistan) Mineralogy and Petrology, 87 (3) 187-207 doi:10.1007/s00710-006-0130-z
 
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