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Chalcopyrite from
Douglas Mine (Morning Star claims 1868 & 1871; Douglas Gold and Copper Company), Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Douglas Mine (Morning Star claims 1868 & 1871; Douglas Gold and Copper Company), Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:507167
Long-form Identifier:1:3:507167:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘAlbany Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘBlanche mine, New Rambler Mining District, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘNew Rambler mine (Rambler Mine; Holmes Mine; Electrolytic Mine; Great Rambler Mine), New Rambler Mining District, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘCuprite Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘGold Crater Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘKeystone Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘIndependence Mine (Mammoth Mine), Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘBear Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘDuchess mine, New Rambler Mining District, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘFlorence Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
References
Loucks, Robert R. (1976) Platinum-gold-copper mineralization, central Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming. MSc thesis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 298 pages.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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