Cuprite from
Junction Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

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Cuprite

Junction Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Cuprite

Junction Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Cuprite

Junction Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Cuprite

Junction Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Cuprite

Junction Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Cuprite

Junction Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Cuprite

Junction Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	Cuprite
Formula:	Cu₂O
Comments:	Large crystalline masses with copper.
Colour:	Ruby-red
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Junction Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	211998
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:211998:4
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite

0.4km (0.3 miles)	ⓘ Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles)	ⓘ Campbell Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles)	ⓘ Lowell Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles)	ⓘ Dallas Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles)	ⓘ Irish Mag Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles)	ⓘ Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles)	ⓘ Holbrook Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles)	ⓘ Cole Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles)	ⓘ Muheim-Anderson prospect (Cochise prospect; Copper Queen Branch [MSHA]), Dubacher Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles)	ⓘ Czar Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
Ransome, F.L. (1904), The geology and ore deposits of the Bisbee quadrangle, AZ, USGS PP 21 *Palache, C., Merwin, H. E. (1909) On connellite and chalcophyllite from Bisbee, Arizona. American Journal Of Science, S. 4 Vol. 28. 537-540* Mitchell, G.J. (1920), Vertical extent of copper ore minerals in the Junction mine, Warren district, AZ, Engr. Mining Jour.: 109: 1411 *Holden, Edw. F. (1922) Ceruleofibrite, a new mineral. American Mineralogist, 7 (5). 80-83* Galbraith, F.W. (1947), Minerals of AZ, AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 153: 9, 30. Omori, K. & P.F. Kerr (1963), Infrared studies of saline sulfate minerals, Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull.: 74: 709-734 *Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona* (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.**pages 146, 165, 196

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Cuprite from Junction Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Cuprite from
Junction Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA