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Copper (commodity) from
Blue Copper Mine (Durham Hills Mine; Busy Bee Mine; Blue Hill Copper Mine; Big Bull Mine), Durham Wash area, Durham Hills, Durham-Suizo Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Commodity:Copper (commodity)
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Copper (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blue Copper Mine (Durham Hills Mine; Busy Bee Mine; Blue Hill Copper Mine; Big Bull Mine), Durham Wash area, Durham Hills, Durham-Suizo Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1197633
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1197633:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other deposits of Copper (commodity)
7.4km (4.6 miles) ⓘLast Chance Mine (Ferguson Mine; Last Chance #2 Mine; Ebeling Copper Mine; Owens Mine), Olsen Wash-Coronado Wash area, Owl Head Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘHuerfanito Copper Mine (Huerfanito deposit), Coronado Wash area, Owl Head Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘGlance Copper Mine (Calumet Pinal Mining Co. property; Tortolita Mining Company property), Owl Head Buttes area, Owl Head Mining District, Tortolita Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
23.1km (14.3 miles) ⓘZig Zag group (Manganese King Mine; Manganese Queen Mine), Paisano Wash area, Zig Zag Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) ⓘCopper Hill group (Copper Basin group), Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
39.2km (24.4 miles) ⓘTarr Mine (Tar Mine; Tarr property; Tarr Copper Mine; San Pedro Mine; Jameson and Ward Mine), Tarr Wash, Black Hills, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
42.1km (26.1 miles) ⓘMammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
42.3km (26.3 miles) ⓘMohawk Mine, Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
44.0km (27.3 miles) ⓘKelvin-Sultana Mine, Mineral Creek-Gila River confluence area, Kelvin, Riverside Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
44.8km (27.9 miles) ⓘHull claims, Kelvin, Riverside Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
 
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