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Cuprite from
Tampa mine, Bromide No. 2 District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tampa mine, Bromide No. 2 District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:229330
Long-form Identifier:1:3:229330:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘElliot & Kennedy prospect, Bromide No. 2 District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
19.9km (12.4 miles) ⓘCoats Pegmatite (American), La Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
57.6km (35.8 miles) ⓘChampion mine, Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
58.1km (36.1 miles) ⓘCopper Hill deposits, Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
63.1km (39.2 miles) ⓘFrazer mine, Twining District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
64.0km (39.8 miles) ⓘCommodore prospect, Twining District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
64.5km (40.1 miles) ⓘHighline Mine (Bull of the Woods Mine), Twining District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
83.0km (51.6 miles) ⓘMystic claim, Elizabethtown Mining District, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
84.2km (52.3 miles) ⓘCopper Park, Elizabethtown Mining District, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
99.7km (61.9 miles) ⓘCopper City mine, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA
References
Lindgren, Waldemar; Graton, L.C.; Gordon, C.H. (1910) The ore deposits of New Mexico. Professional Paper 68. US Geological Survey 361 pp. doi:10.3133/pp68
Bingler, Edward C. (1968) Geology and mineral resources of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Bulletin 91. New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources 158 pp. doi:10.58799/b-91
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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