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Cuprite from
Oohoo Mine, Caballo Mountains Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oohoo Mine, Caballo Mountains Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:177828
Long-form Identifier:1:3:177828:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘMarian Mine (Marion Mine; Victorio Chief Mine; Victoria Mine; Fidelity group; Marion claim; Ida claim; Cora claim; Rebecca claim; Hillsborough claim), Caballo Mountains Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘGovernor Prospects (Imperial Prospects), Caballo Mountains Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
45.9km (28.5 miles) ⓘNana Mine, Hermosa Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
47.2km (29.4 miles) ⓘCovington Group, Cuchillo Negro Mining District, Sierra Cuchillo (Cuchillo Negro Mts), Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
48.9km (30.4 miles) ⓘCopper Belle Group, Chloride Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
50.1km (31.1 miles) ⓘGray Eagle Mine, South Percha Creek, Tierra Blanca Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
54.1km (33.6 miles) ⓘSt. Cloud Mine, Chloride, Chloride Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
55.3km (34.4 miles) ⓘU.S. Treasury Mine, Chloride, Chloride Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
56.0km (34.8 miles) ⓘWall Street Mine (Nana Mine), Chloride, Chloride Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
63.0km (39.2 miles) ⓘSilver Monument Mine (Silver Monument group; Black Range tunnel; Patented claim Silver Monument; Unpatented claims Cuba Libre; Oversight Nos. 1 and 2; Connection Nos. 1 and 2), Lookout Mountain, Chloride District (Apache District; Phillipsburg District; Black Range District), Black Range, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
References
Harley, George T. (1934) The geology and ore deposits of Sierra County, New Mexico. Bulletin 10. New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources doi:10.58799/b-10
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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