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Cuprite from
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Comments:Abundant; miners made baseballs from chalcotrichite. Occurs with supergene hematite, malachite, chrysocolla and copper in the old weathered zone of the orebody that lies beneath the Locomotive fanglomerate
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Chrysocolla
Connellite
Hematite
Malachite
Native Copper
Quartz
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Malachite9
Native Copper6
Calcite4
Cuprite3
- var Chalcotrichite3
Papagoite1
Shattuckite1
Ajoite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:46704
Long-form Identifier:1:3:46704:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
2.4km (1.5 miles) Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
71.8km (44.6 miles) Montizona Mine (Montazona Mine), Drew Spring Well, Cimarron Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
92.3km (57.3 miles) Lakeshore Mine, North Komelik area, Casa Grande Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
94.1km (58.4 miles) Buckeye Mine (Buckeye Copper Mine), Spring Mountain, Webb Mining District, Gila Bend Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
94.8km (58.9 miles) Mildren Mine (Mildren claim; Mildred Mine), Mildren Mine group, Ko Vaya, Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District), Comobabi Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
97.2km (60.4 miles) Steppe Mine (Steppe claim; Little Mary Mine), Mildren Mine group, Ko Vaya, Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District), Comobabi Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
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