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Chalcocite from
Crandon massive sulfide deposit (Little Sand Lake Deposit; Crandon Project; Exxon Deposit), Little Sand Lake, Forest County, Wisconsin, USA


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 Crandon massive sulfide deposit (Little Sand Lake Deposit; Crandon Project; Exxon Deposit), Little Sand Lake, Forest County, Wisconsin, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:139461
Long-form Identifier:1:3:139461:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
63.2km (39.3 miles) ⓘLaSalle Falls, Florence County, Wisconsin, USA
65.2km (40.5 miles) ⓘHawk prospect, Lincoln County, Wisconsin, USA
69.4km (43.1 miles) ⓘBuck Mine, Buck Group, Gaastra, Iron County, Michigan, USA
74.4km (46.2 miles) ⓘSherwood Mine, Mineral Hills, Iron River, Iron County, Michigan, USA
85.7km (53.2 miles) ⓘRitchie Creek deposit, Ritchie Creek, Spirit, Price County, Wisconsin, USA
References
Lambe, Robert N., Rowe, Roger G. (1987) Volcanic history, mineralization, and alteration of the Crandon massive sulfide deposit, Wisconsin. Economic Geology, 82 (5) 1204-1238 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.82.5.1204
DeMatties, T. A. (2018). Effects of paleoweathering and supergene activity on volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) mineralization in the Penokean Volcanic Belt, northern Wisconsin, Michigan and east-central Minnesota, USA: Implications for future exploration. Ore Geology Reviews, 95, 216-237.
 
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