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Native Copper from
Ridgewood Mine, Sylvanite Mining District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA


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 Ridgewood Mine, Sylvanite Mining District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1456143
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1456143:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Copper
57.0km (35.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed prospect [10094262], San Simon Mining District, Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
57.6km (35.8 miles) ⓘGranite Gap, San Simon Mining District, Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
59.3km (36.8 miles) ⓘOwl Mine, Virginia District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
60.8km (37.7 miles) ⓘCopper Reef Mine, Virginia District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
60.9km (37.8 miles) ⓘEldorado Group, Virginia District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
61.3km (38.1 miles) ⓘCobre Negra Mine (Cobra Negra Mine), Virginia District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
61.5km (38.2 miles) ⓘEighty-Five Mine (85 Mine; Superior Mine; Dundee Mine; Jim Crow Mine), Virginia District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
61.7km (38.3 miles) ⓘGeneral Jerry Boyle, Virginia District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
81.3km (50.5 miles) ⓘHilltop Mine, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
81.8km (50.8 miles) ⓘPaddy Ford Mine, White Signal Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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