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Lucero property (Lacy-Irvin), Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 50' 56'' North , 111° 2' 17'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Green Valley21,391 (2011)4.2km
Arivaca Junction1,090 (2011)13.7km
Sahuarita25,707 (2017)14.4km
East Sahuarita1,622 (2006)14.7km
Amado295 (2011)15.9km
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ClubLocationDistance
Old Pueblo Lapidary ClubTucson, Arizona43km
Tucson Gem and Mineral SocietyTucson, Arizona43km
Mindat Locality ID:
68083
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:68083:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


‡Ref.: Arizona Department of Mineral Resources (1960) file data.

Niemuth, N.J. & K.A. Phillips (1992), Copper Oxide Resources, Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources Open File Report 92-10: 12 (Table 1).

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10283920, MAS ID #0040190749.

A Cu property located in the center sec. 20, T.18S., R.13E. (Twin Buttes 15 minute topo map), on land of unknown status. Owned by W.C. Lacy, G.W. Irvin, Paul Zaches, and A. Rigg (1959). Owned by Paul Zachas And American Metal Climax (1960).

Mineralization includes secondary copper minerals.

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