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Limonite from
Copper Mountain Mine (Manganese Blue Mine; Copper Mountain claim working; Old Blue shaft; Detroit Copper Co. group; Manganese Blue ore body), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Azurite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Mountain Mine (Manganese Blue Mine; Copper Mountain claim working; Old Blue shaft; Detroit Copper Co. group; Manganese Blue ore body), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:424513
Long-form Identifier:1:3:424513:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘArizona Central Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘDetroit Mine (Arizona Copper Co. group [in part]), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘHumboldt Mine (Humboldt tunnel; Liverpool tunnel; Arizona Copper Co. group [in part]), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘLongfellow Mine (Ofarizona Copper Co. group [in part]; Longfellow incline), Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘMorenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘCayuga Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘCorporate and Climax claims (Corporate group; Climax claim), Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘClifton Copper Mines (San Jose; Copper Centre; Clifton gp; Standard gp; Standard Consolidated Copper Co.; Standard Mine; Standard Copper), Standard Gulch, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘLas Trajas Mine (Arizona Copper Co. property [in part]), Pinkaro Gulch, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘBuzzard's Shadow Mine (Cansler Mine; New York and Arizona Gold Mines), Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10104152, MRDS ID #M800423.
 
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