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Native Copper from
Quartz City Occurrence, South Boulder Mining District, Madison County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
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 Quartz City Occurrence, South Boulder Mining District, Madison County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:500224
Long-form Identifier:1:3:500224:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Copper
5.9km (3.7 miles) Boulder Cobalt Mine, Tidal Wave Mining District, Madison County, Montana, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) Moffet-Johnston Mine, Tidal Wave Mining District, Madison County, Montana, USA
21.1km (13.1 miles) Copper Mountain Mine (Ramshorn Mine; Dictator and Belle Union), Sheridan Mining District (Mill Creek Mining District; Wisconsin Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
22.3km (13.9 miles) Broadway Mine, Silver Star Mining District, Madison County, Montana, USA
32.8km (20.4 miles) Leah Mine (Apex and Leah), Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
33.5km (20.8 miles) Columbia Claim, Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
37.0km (23.0 miles) Prospect Mine, Alder Gulch Mining District (Virginia City Mining District; Fairweather Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
38.5km (23.9 miles) Ready Cash (U. S. Gold; Paymaster), Highland Mining District (Siberia Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
38.7km (24.1 miles) Overlook Occurrence (Denny Prospect; Iron Cliff), Highland Mining District (Siberia Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
43.8km (27.2 miles) Apex No. 2 Claim (Juniper Copper Bottom), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
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