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Tenorite from
Little Hill Mine, Oracle, Oracle Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Tenorite
Formula:CuO
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tenorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Little Hill Mine, Oracle, Oracle Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:419908
Long-form Identifier:1:3:419908:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tenorite
18.5km (11.5 miles) ⓘPearl Mine (Pearl property; Pearl vein; Monarch group; Dripping Springs property; Cuba Mine; Magoris Mine; Matt Tar property), Signal Peak area, Black Hills, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
19.2km (12.0 miles) ⓘMammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘCactustail Mine, Owl Head Buttes area, Owl Head Mining District, Tortolita Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
32.6km (20.3 miles) ⓘKorn Kob Mine, Buchman Canyon, Redington Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
34.0km (21.1 miles) ⓘAntelope Mine, Meyer Wash, Antelope Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
35.0km (21.8 miles) ⓘSundown Mine, Desert Peak area, Owl Head Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
36.9km (22.9 miles) ⓘOld Reliable Mine (Reliable Mine; Calumet Mine; Clark-Scanlon group; Copper Creek Mining Co. property), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
39.1km (24.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed copper prospect (44), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
41.5km (25.8 miles) ⓘWheelbarrow No. 5 claim (Mule group 1-10; Copper Hill prospect; Mule group 1-10 claims; Tapia property; Unpatented claims - Mono), Copper Creek area, Rattlesnake Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
42.9km (26.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Cu prospect 96-8, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10037120
MRDS ID #M030486.
 
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