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Chalcocite from
King Lyell, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view King Lyell, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:971749
Long-form Identifier:1:3:971749:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘIron Blow Mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘPrince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘLyell Blocks, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘMount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘCrown Lyell mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘNorth Lyell mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘWestern Tharsis deposit, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
67.7km (42.1 miles) ⓘMt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
70.7km (44.0 miles) ⓘMount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
84.8km (52.7 miles) ⓘKara Mines, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia
References
Bottrill R. and Olubas P, 2007: The Mt. Lyell Mines in Australian and New Zealand Mineral Collector magazine, Issue 4. http://www.lulu.com/content/1717419
 
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