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Tennantite-(Fe) from
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA


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Tennantite-(Fe)

Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
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Tennantite-(Fe)

Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
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Tennantite-(Fe)

Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Tennantite-(Fe)
Formula:Cu6(Cu4Fe22+)As4S12S
Formation:Primary
Comments:I believe all of the tennantite at Gold Hill mine is tennantite-(Fe). In the quartz, where the tennantite-(Fe) is found, there are no secondary zinc minerals, only secondary copper arsenate minerals and goethite are found.
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tennantite-(Fe) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1336368
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1336368:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Thorne, Brent (n.d.) Personal communcation.
 
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