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Native Copper from
Rosemont (Rosemont Camp), Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mining Area
Classification
Species:Native Copper
Formula:Cu
Comments:In drill cores in contact-metamorphic, Paleozoic limestones & dolomites.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rosemont (Rosemont Camp), Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:249402
Long-form Identifier:1:3:249402:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Copper
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘKinoite type locality drill hole, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘOmega Mine, Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘHelvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘHelvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘMount Fagan, Pima County, Arizona, USA
8.1km (5.1 miles) ⓘBulldozer Mine, Bulldozer Hill, Tiptop Mine group (Tiptop Camp prospects/mines), Tiptop Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
14.4km (8.9 miles) ⓘUpper and Great Western groups, Jackson Canyon, Old Baldy Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
30.2km (18.8 miles) ⓘTwin Buttes Mine, Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘCopper Glance Mine (Glance Mine), Stevens Mountain, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
35.5km (22.1 miles) ⓘMission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Anthony, John W., Laughon, Robert B. (1970) Kinoite, a new hydrous copper calcium silicate mineral from Arizona. American Mineralogist, 55 (5-6) 709-715
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.206
 
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