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Chalcopyrite from
Indiana Mine, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Indiana Mine, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:174385
Long-form Identifier:1:3:174385:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘMaine Mine, Washington Gulch, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘSimplot Mine, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘNew York Mine (New York claim; Poole group; Ohio claim; Ohio Mine), Washington Gulch, Poole group of claims (Washington Poole Mines), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘKansas Mine, Washington Gulch, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘAnnie Mine, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘCalifornia-Grasshopper Mine group (California claim; Grasshopper claim), Poole group of claims (Washington Poole Mines), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘHappy Thoughts Mine (Happy Thought Mine; Happy Road Mine), Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘDouble Standard Mine (Dudley-Standard Mine), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘDave Allen Mine, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘIndianapolis Mine, Washington Gulch, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 78 (Table 4)
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.167
(n.d.) ADMMR Mines Database, Arizona Geological Survey.
 
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