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Tenorite from
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Tenorite
Formula:CuO
Comments:Assoc. with malachite & chrysocolla.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Chrysocolla
Malachite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tenorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view 79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:22678
Long-form Identifier:1:3:22678:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tenorite
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘChristmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘChristmas open pit, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
18.7km (11.6 miles) ⓘRay Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘAntelope Mine, Meyer Wash, Antelope Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
21.6km (13.4 miles) ⓘRay, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
24.8km (15.4 miles) ⓘCopper Butte Mine (June Bug Mine; James Incline; Cochise Mine; Wallace shaft; Poor Mans Wash property; Patented claims; Old Fred Mitchell property), Copper Butte, Copper Butte Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
35.6km (22.1 miles) ⓘOld Globe Mine, Globe, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
37.1km (23.1 miles) ⓘOxhide Mine (Lower Ox Hide Mine; Upper Ox Hide Mine; Schultze Mine; Schultze group), Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
37.3km (23.2 miles) ⓘCopper Reef Mine (Copper Reef Consolidated; Rawhide Mountain prospects; Coronado claims; Coronado group; North Star Mine; North Star shaft), Copper Reef Mountain, Stanley Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
37.5km (23.3 miles) ⓘPearl Mine (Pearl property; Pearl vein; Monarch group; Dripping Springs property; Cuba Mine; Magoris Mine; Matt Tar property), Signal Peak area, Black Hills, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
Ross, Clyde P. (1925a) Ore deposits of the Saddle Mountain and Banner Mining Districts, Arizona. USGS Bull. 771.
Galbraith, F.W. & Brennan (1959), inerals of AZ: 27.
Keith, Stanley B. (1972) Mineralogy and Paragenesis of the 79 Mine Lead-Zinc-Copper Deposit [Arizona]. The Mineralogical Record, 3 (6) 247-264
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.pages 185, 391
 
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