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Cuprite from
Twin Buttes Mine, Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Comments:Occurs in oxidized ores.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Chrysocolla
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Twin Buttes Mine, Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:258207
Long-form Identifier:1:3:258207:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘCopper Glance Mine (Glance Mine), Stevens Mountain, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘCopper Queen Mine (Queen Mine), Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘSierrita Mine, Batamote Hills, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) ⓘEsperanza Mine [new], Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘPima Mine, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘDaisy Mine (Daisy shaft), Mineral Hill Mines (Azurite group; Old Azurite Mine; Copper Glance Mine), Mineral Hill, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘMission pit, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) ⓘTiptop Mine, Tiptop Mine group (Tiptop Camp prospects/mines), Tiptop Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) ⓘPeach Mine, Peach-Elgin copper deposit, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
24.5km (15.2 miles) ⓘElgin Mine, Elgin Mine group, Peach-Elgin copper deposit, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.pages 146, 196
 
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