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Cuprite from
Jersey Girl Mine (Jersey Girl prospect), Toluachi group of claims (Toluachi group; Bonanza tunnel; Tennantite claim), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Jersey Girl Mine (Jersey Girl prospect), Toluachi group of claims (Toluachi group; Bonanza tunnel; Tennantite claim), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:269229
Long-form Identifier:1:3:269229:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘBland Mine (Hogsett Mine), Alto Gulch, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘMontezuma Mine (Empress of India Mine; Queen of Sheba Mine), Grosvenor Hills, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
7.5km (4.7 miles) ⓘMontosa Mine (Montosa group of claims), Montosa Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘSpear prospect, Madera Canyon, Old Baldy Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘWise prospect, San Cayetano Mining District, San Cayetano Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘFlorida Mine, Robinson property (Robinson group), Stone Cabin Canyon, Old Baldy Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘTubutana Mine, San Cayetano Mining District, San Cayetano Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘExposed Reef Mines (Saint Louis Mine), Blue Eagle and Exposed Reef group, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘDewey Mine (Dewey prospect; Dewey claim; Javelina Mine), Basin Mine group, Wieland group (Wieland group claims), Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
21.5km (13.4 miles) ⓘBasin Mine group, Wieland group (Wieland group claims), Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, USGS Bull. 582: 207.
 
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