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Native Copper from
Indian Queen Mine, Utopia Mining District (Birch Creek Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Copper
Formula:Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Indian Queen Mine, Utopia Mining District (Birch Creek Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:404156
Long-form Identifier:1:3:404156:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Copper
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘGoldsmith Mine, Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘSunrise Mine, Baldy Mountain Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
19.7km (12.3 miles) ⓘEmery Mine (Black Rock; Carbonate Extension; Carbonate Hill Mine), Zosell Mining District (Emery Mining District), Powell County, Montana, USA
19.7km (12.3 miles) ⓘCopper Cliff prospects (Copper Bluff prospects), Zosell Mining District (Emery Mining District), Powell County, Montana, USA
19.8km (12.3 miles) ⓘDurham Bull Occurrence, Baldy Mountain Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
21.0km (13.1 miles) ⓘPolaris Mine (Silver Fissure), Polaris, Polaris Mining District (Lost Cloud Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
21.2km (13.2 miles) ⓘMcConnell Wellman Group, Elkhorn Mining District (Coolidge Mining District; Wise River Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
21.6km (13.4 miles) ⓘRed Rock Mine, Elkhorn Mining District (Coolidge Mining District; Wise River Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
22.3km (13.8 miles) ⓘJodie Property, Baldy Mountain Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
28.1km (17.4 miles) ⓘJoe Maurice Mine, Pioneer Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
References
Winchell, Alexander Newton (1914) Mining districts of the Dillon quadrangle, Montana, and adjacent areas. Bulletin 574. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b574
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
Tucker, Christopher S. (2006) Wulfenite in Montana. Rocks & Minerals, 81 (5) 340-355 doi:10.3200/rmin.81.5.340-355
 
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