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Native Copper from
Red Rover Mine, Rover Peak, Cave Creek Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Copper
Formula:Cu
Comments:Occurs as tiny scales impregnating schist.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Rover Mine, Rover Peak, Cave Creek Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:248693
Long-form Identifier:1:3:248693:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Copper
21.9km (13.6 miles) ⓘRosalie Mine (Lazy Bell Ranch and Mine; Patented claims MS 2359; Mammoth patented claim), Brooklyn Peak, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
44.4km (27.6 miles) ⓘGreat Republic Mine (Great Republic claim), Turkey Creek Station, Turkey Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
61.3km (38.1 miles) ⓘSwallow Mine (Moonlight Mine; Dobler Mine; Whim vein; Golden Wonder shaft), Buzzard's Roost, Copperopolis, Castle Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
68.2km (42.4 miles) ⓘRattler claims (Rattler group; Profusion group), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
68.4km (42.5 miles) ⓘCamp B Mine (Camp B group; Albert pit; Brayton group; Golden Gate; Jones; Nil Desperandum group; Patented claims MS 2418), Morgan Butte, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
69.0km (42.9 miles) ⓘMonarch Mine, Monarch Wash area, Black Rock Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
69.2km (43.0 miles) ⓘUnida Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
69.7km (43.3 miles) ⓘWalker, Walker Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
71.3km (44.3 miles) ⓘSpring Creek Mine (Yankee Dollar Mine; Old Mankins prospect), Brady Canyon, Spring Creek Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
85.8km (53.3 miles) ⓘJerome Verde Mine (Jerome Verde group; Main Top claim; Columbia claim; Main Top ore body), Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Lewis, A.S. (1920), Ore deposits of Cave Creek District, AZ, Engr. Mining Jour.: 110: 713.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.185
 
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