where could covellite be found
Best Answer: Covellite is a rare copper sulfide mineral and has the formula CuS. This indigo mineral is pervasive in copper ores. The mineral is found in limited abundance and is not an important ore of copper itself, although it is well known to mineral collectors. The covellite occurs throughout the United States. In Silver Bow County, Montana, a covellite has been found in veins at depths of 1,150 meters, as the primary mineral. Covellite formed as clusters in these veins reaching one meter across in Leonard mines, Montana.