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Quartz from
Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA


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Quartz

Copper Creek, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Quartz

Copper Creek, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Quartz

Copper Creek, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Comments:Crystals with malachite & pseudomalachite; commonly enclosing red & green tourmaline.
Habit:Some Japan-law twins.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Dravite
Malachite
Pseudomalachite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Conichalcite5
Ajoite4
Molybdenite3
Muscovite2
- var Sericite2
Rutile1
Markascherite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:222995
Long-form Identifier:1:3:222995:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Quartz in this Region
Adwinkle & Longstreet claims, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Childs-Adwinkle Mine (Childs and Altwilkle Mine; Childs-Aldwinkle Mine), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Mammoth Breccia Pipe, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘChilds-Adwinkle Mine (Childs and Altwilkle Mine; Childs-Aldwinkle Mine), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
4.9km (3.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed copper prospect (5), Copper Creek area, Rattlesnake Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
5.2km (3.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed copper prospect (20), Copper Creek area, Rattlesnake Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘPass between Little and Big Table Mountains, Table Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘTable Mountain Mine, Table Mountain area, Table Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
19.8km (12.3 miles) ⓘMohawk Mine, Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
19.9km (12.3 miles) ⓘMammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
20.2km (12.5 miles) ⓘKalamazoo orebody, San Manuel Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
20.2km (12.6 miles) ⓘDog Water Mine (Dogwater Mine; Silver Cable Mine; Silver Cable claim; Dogwater and Silver Cable Mine; Patented claims MS 1760), Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
20.8km (12.9 miles) ⓘGrand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
References
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.pages 337, 347, 357
 
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