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Native Copper from
Spring Creek Mine (Yankee Dollar Mine; Old Mankins prospect), Brady Canyon, Spring Creek Mining District, Gila 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 Spring Creek Mine (Yankee Dollar Mine; Old Mankins prospect), Brady Canyon, Spring Creek Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:427449
Long-form Identifier:1:3:427449:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Copper
71.3km (44.3 miles) ⓘRed Rover Mine, Rover Peak, Cave Creek Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
74.5km (46.3 miles) ⓘRescue Mine (Rescue vein; Rescue patented claim MS 313), Rescue Canyon, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
74.6km (46.3 miles) ⓘSilver Glance Mine (Ramboz deposit; Ramboz vein; Rambo group [in part]; Silver Glance deposit; Racine Mines group; Dynomite Mine), Rescue Canyon, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
75.2km (46.8 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
75.9km (47.2 miles) ⓘInspiration pit, Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
76.8km (47.7 miles) ⓘMiami East Mine, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
77.4km (48.1 miles) ⓘCarlota Mine, Pinto Valley Mine, Pinto Creek, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
78.2km (48.6 miles) ⓘOld Dominion Mine, Buffalo Hill, Old Dominion vein system, Globe, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
78.7km (48.9 miles) ⓘStonewall Mine (Dime deposit; Stonewall Jackson; Old Stonewall), Dime & Stonewall deposits (Dime-Stonewall veins), Black Peak area, Copper Hill, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
81.7km (50.7 miles) ⓘRosalie Mine (Lazy Bell Ranch and Mine; Patented claims MS 2359; Mammoth patented claim), Brooklyn Peak, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10046309, MRDS ID #M241213.
 
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