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Cuprite from
Planet Mine, Planet Mine group, Planet, Santa Maria Mining District (Planet Mining District; Swansea Mining District; Bill Williams Mining District), Buckskin Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Chrysocolla
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Planet Mine, Planet Mine group, Planet, Santa Maria Mining District (Planet Mining District; Swansea Mining District; Bill Williams Mining District), Buckskin Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:247183
Long-form Identifier:1:3:247183:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
16.5km (10.3 miles) Arizona McGinnis Mine, Cienega Mining District, Buckskin Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
47.8km (29.7 miles) Critic Mine, Wenden, Cunningham Pass Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
48.7km (30.2 miles) Little Giant Mine groups, Cunningham Pass Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
48.9km (30.4 miles) Yuma Mine, Ellsworth Mining District, Granite Wash Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
50.0km (31.1 miles) Centroid Mine group, Cunningham Pass Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
57.8km (35.9 miles) Desert Mine, Ellsworth Mining District, Granite Wash Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
75.2km (46.7 miles) Mammoth Mine (Hubbard Mine), Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
75.2km (46.7 miles) Bruce Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
76.3km (47.4 miles) Horn Mine (Virginia May Mine), Horn Peak, Turtle Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
76.6km (47.6 miles) Copper King Mine (Lawler Mines), Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
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