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Metatorbernite from
Copper Cities Mine, Copper Cities Mine area, Sleeping Beauty Peak, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Metatorbernite
Formula:Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Comments:Occurs as small amounts in disseminated copper ore in quartz monzonite & as tiny rosettes on walls of minute fractures in quartz monzonite along the Coronado fault zone.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Metatorbernite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Cities Mine, Copper Cities Mine area, Sleeping Beauty Peak, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:222987
Long-form Identifier:1:3:222987:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Metatorbernite in this Region
Coronado fault area, Copper Cities Mine, Copper Cities Mine area, Sleeping Beauty Peak, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Metatorbernite
8.3km (5.2 miles) ⓘCastle Dome Mine (Castle Dome deposit; Pinto Valley deposit), Castle Dome area (Castle Dome Mine area; Pinto Valley Mine area), Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘKing group of claims (King No. 1-2-3 claims), Little Acres area, Pinal Mountains Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
24.9km (15.5 miles) ⓘLucky Boy Mine (Pinal properties; Phelps Dodge Corp. lease), Pasadera Mountain area, El Capitan Mining District, Mescal Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘSky deposit (Sky prospects; Fran; Zora; Peanuts), El Capitan, El Capitan Mining District, Mescal Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
32.5km (20.2 miles) ⓘRainbow Mine (Rainbow deposit), Asbestos Point (Asbestos Peak), Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
32.8km (20.4 miles) ⓘRed Bluff Mine (Red Bluff prospect; Red Bluff claims; Claim MS 4788), Warm Spring Canyon, Asbestos Point (Asbestos Peak) area, Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
34.1km (21.2 miles) ⓘRay Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
35.2km (21.9 miles) ⓘSue Mine (Anomaly B6-2; Sue claims), Bull Canyon, Asbestos Point (Asbestos Peak) area, Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘDonna Lee Mine (Donna Lee deposit; Anomaly B6-4), Deep Creek Canyon, Sierra Ancha Wilderness Area, Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
41.1km (25.6 miles) ⓘFirst Chance Mine (First Chance deposits; Beulah claims; Minnie claims), Rose Creek Lodge area, Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
References
Peterson, N.P. (1954), Copper Cities copper deposit, Globe-Miami district, AZ, Econ.Geol.: 49, 362-377
Peterson, N.P. (1962), Geology and ore deposits of the Globe-Miami district, AZ, USGS PP 342: 76
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.304
 
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