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Cuprite from
Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Construction Site
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Azurite1
Gypsum1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:347334
Long-form Identifier:1:3:347334:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
19.2km (12.0 miles) Barrett Brothers Quarry (D and J Quarry), Beacon Falls, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
26.6km (16.5 miles) Mill Rock, Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
29.3km (18.2 miles) O and G quarry # 3, Prospect, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
35.3km (21.9 miles) Jinny Hill Mine (Cheshire Barite Mine), Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
37.2km (23.1 miles) Copper Valley Mine, Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
38.3km (23.8 miles) Dyke Park, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
53.3km (33.1 miles) Plainville Trap Rock Quarry (Tilcon New Britain Quarry), Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
54.0km (33.6 miles) Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
55.8km (34.7 miles) State Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
71.0km (44.1 miles) Ladentown, Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, USA
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