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Cuprite from
Miner Ridge (Miners Ridge), Red Mountain, Red Mountain Mining District, Mendocino County, California, USA


Locality type:Ridge
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Miner Ridge (Miners Ridge), Red Mountain, Red Mountain Mining District, Mendocino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:476955
Long-form Identifier:1:3:476955:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Cuprite in this Region
Red Mountain Mine (Salinas Mine; Red Buck Mine), Miner Ridge (Miners Ridge), Red Mountain, Red Mountain Mining District, Mendocino County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘRed Mountain Mine (Salinas Mine; Red Buck Mine), Miner Ridge (Miners Ridge), Red Mountain, Red Mountain Mining District, Mendocino County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘCopper King Mine, Red Mountain, Red Mountain Mining District, Mendocino County, California, USA
37.3km (23.2 miles) ⓘRedwood Copper Queen Mine, Little Penny, Coastal Range, California, USA
49.6km (30.8 miles) ⓘGray Eagle Mine, Cooks Mountain, Coast Ranges, Colusa County, California, USA
55.0km (34.2 miles) ⓘCandace Mine, Stonyford, Coast Ranges, Colusa County, California, USA
55.3km (34.4 miles) ⓘLion Mine, Stonyford, Coast Ranges, Colusa County, California, USA
77.5km (48.2 miles) ⓘBlack Buttes prospect, Copper City, Glenn County, California, USA
References
Erd, Richard C., Pabst, Adolf, Goff, Fraser, Rosenhahn, Leo (1977) Vuagnatite From California. The Mineralogical Record, 8 (6) 497-501
 
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