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Cuprite from
Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia


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Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Native Copper21
Quartz13
Malachite5
Springcreekite3
Fluorapatite3
Perloffite2
Azurite2
Pseudomalachite1
Connellite1
Limonite1
Likasite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (10 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:27082
Long-form Identifier:1:3:27082:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
16.5km (10.2 miles) ⓘBaroota Nob mine, Baroota, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
40.6km (25.3 miles) ⓘCopper Claim (Anesbury mine), Eurelia, District Council of Orroroo Carrieton, South Australia, Australia
47.3km (29.4 miles) ⓘFullartons mine (Fullartons claims; Eurelia), Eurelia, District Council of Orroroo Carrieton, South Australia, Australia
70.5km (43.8 miles) ⓘSlaty Rock mine, Cradock, Flinders Ranges Council, South Australia, Australia
88.0km (54.7 miles) ⓘWheal Sarah, Spalding, Northern Areas Council, South Australia, Australia
92.4km (57.4 miles) ⓘIron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
References
[AmMin 85:1324]
Mineralogical Magazine 63, 735-741
SA Geodata Database - Mineral Deposit Details Deposit Number: 6228
Brown, Henry Yorke Lyell (1899) Record of the mines of South Australia (3rd ed.). Government Printer.
Elliott, Peter (2019) Strontioperloffite, SrMn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)3, a new bjarebyite-group mineral from the Spring Creek mine, South Australia, Australia. European Journal of Mineralogy, 31 (3) 549-555 doi:10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2816
 
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