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Chalcocite from
North Star Mine (Cora Mine; Randall Copper properties; Lula Mine), Treadway Mountain area, Granite Hills, Picacho Mountains, Picacho Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view North Star Mine (Cora Mine; Randall Copper properties; Lula Mine), Treadway Mountain area, Granite Hills, Picacho Mountains, Picacho Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:420485
Long-form Identifier:1:3:420485:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
22.2km (13.8 miles) ⓘBlue Copper Mine (Durham Hills Mine; Busy Bee Mine; Blue Hill Copper Mine; Big Bull Mine), Durham Wash area, Durham Hills, Durham-Suizo Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) ⓘFlorence project, Florence, Florence Mining District (Blackwater Mining District; Black Rock Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
27.0km (16.8 miles) ⓘPoston Butte deposit (Continental Oil Co. property; Aztec Exploration and Development Co. property; Florence Conoco; Florence Copper Co. property), Florence, Florence Mining District (Blackwater Mining District; Black Rock Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
28.9km (17.9 miles) ⓘSundown Mine, Desert Peak area, Owl Head Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
29.5km (18.4 miles) ⓘLast Chance Mine (Ferguson Mine; Last Chance #2 Mine; Ebeling Copper Mine; Owens Mine), Olsen Wash-Coronado Wash area, Owl Head Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
32.3km (20.1 miles) ⓘApache Mines No. 2, Apache Mines, Owl Head Buttes area, Owl Head Mining District, Tortolita Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
32.9km (20.4 miles) ⓘApache Mines, Owl Head Buttes area, Owl Head Mining District, Tortolita Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
33.6km (20.9 miles) ⓘApache Mines No. 7 (Jefford's Mine), Apache Mines, Owl Head Buttes area, Owl Head Mining District, Tortolita Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
34.0km (21.1 miles) ⓘApache Mines No. 6, Apache Mines, Owl Head Buttes area, Owl Head Mining District, Tortolita Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
35.1km (21.8 miles) ⓘCactustail Mine, Owl Head Buttes area, Owl Head Mining District, Tortolita Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10046294, RDS ID #M241192.
 
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