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Chalcopyrite from
Slide Mine, Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Altaite2 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Altaite at this locality.
Quartz2 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Sphalerite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Galena1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Galena at this locality.
Sylvanite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Sylvanite at this locality.
Melonite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Melonite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Slide Mine, Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:662532
Long-form Identifier:1:3:662532:0
GUID (UUID V4):8bd76e75-1b48-48e3-9e66-e65ddc1da623
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.0km (0.0 miles) Cold Springs Group (Times Tunnel; Hoodoo; Horsefal; Haddock; Crown; King; Wolf Tongue; Red Cloud), Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
0.0km (0.0 miles) Corning Tunnel (Cold Spring; Alamakee; St. Joe; Blackhawk; Cash Occurrence), Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Ingram mine (Valley Forge Occurrence; Critic and Railroad Boy; Sunshine; Three Brothers; Atchison; Belle; Golden Eagle; Melvina; Baron; Richmond), Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Copper King Mine (Yeager's Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Grey Eagle Mine, Ward Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) Evening Star, Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Humboldt Mine, Inexco Mine, Jamestown Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
5.9km (3.7 miles) Jamestown, Jamestown Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) Alice Mine, Jamestown, Jamestown Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) Bueno (Buena Group), Jamestown Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
References
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Geology and Ore Deposits of the Front Range Colorado By T. S. LO\'ERING and E. N. GODDARD GEOLOGICAL...cooperation with the Colorado State Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund ~ oopr is...__________________________________________ _ 1 Summary of mining districts---.---------------------Introduction..._ Quartz diorite and associated hornblendite_ Boulder Creek granite _________________ _ Pikes Peak granite...Pre-Cambrian deposits _________________________ _ Mine descriptions __________________________ _ 39 39
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DIEGO FREEWAY 14051 p a c if ic COAST HIGHWAY Gold-Nevado Co. California Hours: Tues-Sar. 10-5 Sunday...Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan What’s new in Colorado minerals? ...................................... Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349 by J. A
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White Development Officer William D. Panczner GOLD! Associate Editors written content Paul E. Desautels...Weber Mamaroneck, N.Y. Articles Collecting gold mining memorabilia....................................323 by W. E. Wilson and R. Bentley Nova Scotian gold ..................................................Mossman The Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California: a modem source of crystallized gold ........... 347 by A. R. Kampf and P. C. Keller Harvard gold ...............................................
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the Libert y Hill Pegmatite Dick Dayvault 214 Turquoise from Virginia's Kelly Bank Mine Richard S. Mitchell...Howard R . Freeland 219 A General History of Zinc Mining in Arkansas Dana Martin Batory COVER STORY: ST...stones only. In most instances, stamps depicting mining only (no rocks or minerals) have been excluded...America. the list of jewelry, minerals, artifacts, gold, and silver on stamps compiled by G. G. Young of...35 c jasper 50 c moss quartz 1 r citrine 2 r chalcopyrite August 8, 1968 30 h Ardspach rocks and Arnmonite
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the Libert y Hill Pegmatite Dick Dayvault 214 Turquoise from Virginia's Kelly Bank Mine Richard S. Mitchell...Howard R . Freeland 219 A General History of Zinc Mining in Arkansas Dana Martin Batory COVER STORY: ST...stones only. In most instances, stamps depicting mining only (no rocks or minerals) have been excluded...America. the list of jewelry, minerals, artifacts, gold, and silver on stamps compiled by G. G. Young of...35 c jasper 50 c moss quartz 1 r citrine 2 r chalcopyrite August 8, 1968 30 h Ardspach rocks and Arnmonite
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is to provide details about the locality and its mining history. Location The Giles Columbite-Beryl pegmatite...albite"andquartz. (Continues on page 2) Copper from the Itauz Mine Near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan Bill Shelton 19 Highland...by various dealers at the show looked similar to mine. In 2003, a load of exquisite and occasionally large...granted licence M 15/210 in 16 September 1986. Mining by the partners removed a History significant amount...ferrocolumbite fragments from a Forrestania Rubellite mine near Mt. Holland, circa 1986. In late pegrnatite
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.3 COLORADO. of COLORADO. J. S. l GEORGETOWN, COLO. GEORGETOWN COURIER PRINT. 1887. 3 Bancroft...From a mineralogical point of view the wealth of Colorado exceeds that of In the metallic minerals almost...to in the following pages Proceedings of the Colorado Scientific Society. Proceedings of the Academy... GEORGETOWN, COLORADO, January, 1887. S. RANDALL. : MINERALS OF SOLORADO, GOLD. the octahedron...shapes, in scales and rolled Color various shades of gold-yellow, sometimes inclining to silmasses. ver-white
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