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Chalcopyrite from
Santo Nino Mine (Santo Niño Mine; North Santo Nino; North Santo Wind; Brooks; Santa Maria Mo Mine), Santo Niño Mine area, San Antonio Canyon, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Comments:Occurs with large masses of molybdenite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Molybdenite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Molybdenite11
Orthoclase5
Quartz4
Rutile3
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Santo Nino Mine (Santo Niño Mine; North Santo Nino; North Santo Wind; Brooks; Santa Maria Mo Mine), Santo Niño Mine area, San Antonio Canyon, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:250885
Long-form Identifier:1:3:250885:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
1.2km (0.7 miles) Brooks prospect, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Manzanita Mine, Washington Gulch, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) O'Connor prospect, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Pride of the West Mine, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Indianapolis Mine, Washington Gulch, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Dave Allen Mine, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Double Standard Mine (Dudley-Standard Mine), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Belmont Mine (Belmont lease; South Belmont incline; North Belmont shaft; Silver Bill Mine), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Happy Thoughts Mine (Happy Thought Mine; Happy Road Mine), Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) California-Grasshopper Mine group (California claim; Grasshopper claim), Poole group of claims (Washington Poole Mines), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
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