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Chalcopyrite from
Birch Creek, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Birch Creek, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:978533
Long-form Identifier:1:3:978533:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
13.1km (8.2 miles) ⓘWilkerson Mine (Hole In the Wall Mine; Lost Hope Mine), Index Hill, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
14.9km (9.2 miles) ⓘCopper Queen Mine (Oasis Mine), Sentinal Peak, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
18.6km (11.5 miles) ⓘGray Eagle Mine, Black Canyon Spring, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘR & R claims, Black Canyon Spring, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) ⓘGeorgia Mine (Dido and Twilight claims; X-Ray Mine [??]), Black Canyon Spring, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
25.2km (15.7 miles) ⓘAja Tungsten claims, Sylvania Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
31.8km (19.8 miles) ⓘWidow Prospect, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
32.5km (20.2 miles) ⓘBishop Concentrate and Cleaning Company Mine (Bishop Tungsten Mines mill), Keough Hot Springs, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
33.2km (20.6 miles) ⓘSib Prospect, Palmetto Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
33.9km (21.1 miles) ⓘFesler Prospect, Windypah Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
References
Barton, M. D. (2000) Overview of the lithophile-element-bearing magmatic hydrothermal system at Birch Creek. White Mountains, California: Society of Economic Geologists Guidebook Series, 32, 9-26.
 
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