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Native Copper from
Elephant Butte Mine, Elephant Butte area, Queen Valley, Pinal County, Arizona, 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 Elephant Butte Mine, Elephant Butte area, Queen Valley, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:422153
Long-form Identifier:1:3:422153:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Copper
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘBomboy Mine, Roblas Butte area, Wood Camp Canyon Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘReymert Mine, Reymert Canyon, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
16.8km (10.5 miles) ⓘMagma Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
17.5km (10.9 miles) ⓘSilver King Mine, Comstock Wash, Kings Crown Peak area, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
27.4km (17.0 miles) ⓘCarlota Mine, Pinto Valley Mine, Pinto Creek, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
28.2km (17.5 miles) ⓘLorraine Mine (Lorraine adit; Fuhrmann Mine; Fuhrman group), Iron Canyon, Hutton Peak area, Summit Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
29.6km (18.4 miles) ⓘApex Mine (Apex No. 1 and 2 claims; Bunker Hill Mine; Stillwell Copper Mine; Ray Consolidated claims; Bunker Hill Patented claim MS 3596), Teapot Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
30.9km (19.2 miles) ⓘRay, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
31.0km (19.3 miles) ⓘCastle Dome Mine (Castle Dome deposit; Pinto Valley deposit), Castle Dome area (Castle Dome Mine area; Pinto Valley Mine area), Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
31.8km (19.8 miles) ⓘPearl Handle pit, Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10109787, MRDS ID #M241228.
 
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