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Native Copper from
Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto di Vara, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Copper
Formula:Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto di Vara, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1352042
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1352042:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Copper
6.7km (4.1 miles) ā“˜Monte Nero Mine, Rocchetta di Vara, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
18.8km (11.7 miles) ā“˜Mt. Loreto mine, Castiglione Chiavarese, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
19.4km (12.0 miles) ā“˜Monte Alpe Mine, Monte Alpe, Maissana, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
23.5km (14.6 miles) ā“˜Monte Bardeneto-Monte Capra Prospect, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
23.8km (14.8 miles) ā“˜Libiola Mine, Sestri Levante, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
24.0km (14.9 miles) ā“˜Cassagna Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
24.3km (15.1 miles) ā“˜Monte Bianco copper mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
25.6km (15.9 miles) ā“˜Scrava Mine (Statale Mine), Statale, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
25.7km (15.9 miles) ā“˜Molinello Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
27.2km (16.9 miles) ā“˜Gambatesa Mine, Reppia, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
References
Balestra, Corrado, Castellaro, Fabrizio, Kampf, Anthony R., Vajda, Emery, Esposito, Marco (2020) La miniera di Cerchiara, Borghetto di Vara, Levante Ligure: recenti identificazioni e stato dellā€™arte [Cerchiara mine, Borghetto di Vara, Levante Ligure: recent identifications and state of the art]. Micro, 18 (1). 2-29
 
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