| Locality type: | Shaft |
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| Species: | Chalcocite |
| Formula: | Cu2S |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chalcocite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Big Chief Shaft, Lamartine Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 766230 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:766230:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d961185a-7095-4662-98a9-cc7cf2e98ad0 |
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| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘBelle Creole, Freeland, Freeland-Lamartine Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA |
| 2.7km (1.7 miles) | ⓘOld Settler Mine & Tunnel, Lawson Mining District (Dumont Mining District; Montana Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA |
| 3.7km (2.3 miles) | ⓘEngland, Lawson Mining District (Dumont Mining District; Montana Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA |
| 4.1km (2.6 miles) | ⓘAlma Lincoln Mine, Idaho Springs Mining District (Virginia Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA |
| 4.5km (2.8 miles) | ⓘSalisbury, Idaho Springs Mining District (Virginia Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA |
| 5.9km (3.7 miles) | ⓘMurry Mine, Lawson Mining District (Dumont Mining District; Montana Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA |
| 6.1km (3.8 miles) | ⓘRed Jacket, Idaho Springs, Lawson Mining District (Dumont Mining District; Montana Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA |
| 6.5km (4.0 miles) | ⓘCrown Point & Virginia Shaft, Idaho Springs Mining District (Virginia Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA |
| 7.0km (4.4 miles) | ⓘBrighton No. 2 Claim, Idaho Springs Mining District (Virginia Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA |
| 8.1km (5.0 miles) | ⓘFreeman Shaft, Idaho Springs Mining District (Virginia Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA |
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 | | Report (volume) | | Geology of the Idaho Springs District Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties, Colorado GEOLOGICAL (=) I o 00...of the Idaho Springs District Clear Creek and -i ;i ?i Gilpin Counties, Colorado By ROBERT H. MOENCH and...____ Mines and prospects in the Idaho Springs district ________________ Previous studies.___________...Covellite________________________..________ Page 48 48 48 Chalcocite. ..^-.........-.-.-.......--.-......-. __________...pocket] PLATE 1. Map of the Idaho Springs district, Colorado, showing location of mines and distribution |  | Wilkinson, W., Wendt, C., Wilkins, J., Haxel, G. (1986, March) Frontiers in geology and ore deposits of Arizona and the southwest, Field Trip Guidebook 3 - Precious metal mineralization, stratigraphy, and tectonics in southeastern California - Part A. Guidebook. Arizona Geological Society | Report (issue) | | stop along the highway will be made at Gold Fields Mining Corporation ' s Mesquite mine where Wendt and Wilkinson...document the story of the prison. ~ 3.0 Cross Colorado River·, enter California. 3.2 Turn left onto...Geological Society Symposium. 269 4.4 Driving along Colorado River floodplain. This area suffered extensive...offset Pliocene and Pleistocene Colorado River deposits . Two mining districts, Cargo Muchacho and Tumco...Mountains. Mining was first done in this region by Spaniards as early as 1780-81, the earliest mining recorded |
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