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Native Copper from
Cuprite Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, 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 Cuprite Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:507163
Long-form Identifier:1:3:507163:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Copper
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘDouglas Mine (Morning Star claims 1868 & 1871; Douglas Gold and Copper Company), Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘNew Rambler mine (Rambler Mine; Holmes Mine; Electrolytic Mine; Great Rambler Mine), New Rambler Mining District, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘMedicine Bow Mines Company prospect, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘKansas Group Mine - Keystone Holmes area, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘFairview claim -Tenderfoot Mountain, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
17.5km (10.9 miles) ⓘUnidentified Prospect (MRDS - 10080889), Jelm Mountain Mining District, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
20.2km (12.6 miles) ⓘUnidentified Prospect (MRDS - 10080888), Jelm Mountain Mining District, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
23.9km (14.8 miles) ⓘBig Creek Mine, Big Creek pegmatite District, Carbon County, Wyoming, USA
26.0km (16.2 miles) ⓘColorado Shaft mine, Jelm Mountain Mining District, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
34.7km (21.5 miles) ⓘLizzy & Tully Claims, Pearl Mining District, Jackson County, Colorado, USA
References
Coalson, Edward B., (1971), Geology of the New Rambler Mine area, Albany County, Wyoming: Laramie, University of Wyoming MS thesis, 51 p.
Loucks, Robert R. (1976) Platinum-gold-copper mineralization, central Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming. MSc thesis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 298 pages.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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