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Chalcopyrite from
Mesaba deposit (Minnamax deposit; Babbitt deposit; Babbitt Lake deposit; Amax Underground Mine), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mesaba deposit (Minnamax deposit; Babbitt deposit; Babbitt Lake deposit; Amax Underground Mine), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:98208
Long-form Identifier:1:3:98208:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘSerpentine Cu-Ni deposit, Babbitt, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘMinnamax Exploration shaft prospect (Amax Exploration Inc), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘDunka pit (Dunka Road deposit; North Met deposit), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
10.4km (6.4 miles) ⓘBirch Lake Deposit, Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘWet Legs deposit, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘPartridge River Area Occurrence, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘNokomis deposit, Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
20.2km (12.5 miles) ⓘMurray shear, Vermilion River Mines, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
21.3km (13.2 miles) ⓘWyman Creek Prospect, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
21.5km (13.4 miles) ⓘMurray prospect, Vermilion Range, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
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