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Chalcocite from
Olivette and Annette Mines (Olivette Mine; Olive Mine; New Olivette Mine; Corda Brothers group; Corda group), Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Olivette and Annette Mines (Olivette Mine; Olive Mine; New Olivette Mine; Corda Brothers group; Corda group), Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:179879
Long-form Identifier:1:3:179879:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘProsperity Mine group (Helmet Peak group; Helmet Peak Mine; Prosperity claims), Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘMineral Hill Mines (Azurite group; Old Azurite Mine; Copper Glance Mine), Mineral Hill, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘPima Mine, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘMission pit, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘEisenhower Mine (Eisenhower property/group; Mission Extension; Palo Verde Mine; Palo Verde copper deposit), Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) ⓘMission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) ⓘNorth San Xavier pit (San Xavier North pit; San Xavier Mine), Mission complex, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Tohono O'odham Nation Reservation, Arizona, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘCopper Queen Mine (Queen Mine), Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) ⓘCopper Glance Mine (Glance Mine), Stevens Mountain, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
9.1km (5.7 miles) ⓘTwin Buttes Mine, Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Ransome (1922): 423-424
Wilson, E.D., et al (1950), Arizona zinc and lead deposits, part I, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 156: 48
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 136 (Table 4)
(n.d.) ADMMR Mines Database, Arizona Geological Survey.
 
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