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A note on the occurrence of violarite, Copper King Mine, Boulder County, Colorado

Authors: Bird, William H.
Year: 1969
Journal: Economic Geology, Vol. 64(1), pp. 91-94
Publisher: Society of Economic Geologists, Inc.
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.64.1.91

Abstract

Violarite from the Copper King mine, Boulder County, Colo., occurs as a secondary mineral after pentlandite. It is associated with fresh pyrrhotite and with several altered forms of pyrrhotite including secondary pyrite after pyrrhotite. Hence violarite has a much broader stability range in the oxidation environment than was previously suspected.

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