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Durham copper claims, Redrock Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 31' 9'' North , 110° 39' 8'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
31.51917,-110.65222
GRN:
N22W67
Type:
Group of Claims
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Patagonia890 (2017)10.1km
Sonoita818 (2015)17.8km
Elgin161 (2011)19.7km
Kino Springs136 (2011)22.9km
Beyerville177 (2011)25.8km
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ClubLocationDistance
Huachuca Mineral and Gem ClubSierra Vista, Arizona33km
Mindat Locality ID:
34241
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:34241:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


‡Ref.: Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 82 (Table 4).

Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10026785, MRDS ID #M000231.

A former small surface and underground Cu-Ag-Au mine located in the NE ¼ sec. 18, T.22S., R.17E. Produced 1937-1941.

Mineralization is a narrow ore body with oxidized copper minerals with supergene enrichment of silver in narrow fractures in Laramide volcanics.

Workings include shallow shaft and adit operations. Worked sporadically from 1937 through 1941. Produced some 70 tons of hand picked ore averaging about 24% Cu, 70 oz. Ag/T and minor Au.

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