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Chalcopyrite from
Backbone Mine, Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima 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 Backbone Mine, Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:175468
Long-form Identifier:1:3:175468:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘAmado Mine group, Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘAlbatross Mine (Gnome King Mine), Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘGismo claims (Gismo 1-12 claims), Las Guijas Mountain, Cerro Colorado Mining District, Cerro Colorado Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
5.7km (3.6 miles) ⓘAjax Mine group, San Luis Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) ⓘM.C.M. Mine group (MCM Mine; Guadalupe group), San Luis Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘVindicator Mine group (Stewart-Fernstrom Mine group; Carboloy Mine group; Stewart group of claims), Las Guijas, Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘLas Guijas Mine group (Immense Lode; Grand Lode; General Electric Mine; General Electric group of claims; Obregon claims; Black Gold group), Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘCerro Colorado Mine (Heintzelman Mine; Silver Queen Mine), Cerro Colorado Mining District, Cerro Colorado Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘBlack Gold Mine (Black Gold group of claims), Las Guijas, Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘChoctaw Mine (Fickett Mine; Anderson Mine; Noon Mine), Bartlett Mountain, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 104 (Table 4)
(n.d.) ADMMR Mines Database, Arizona Geological Survey.
 
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