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Cuprite from
Commercial (Bingham Copper and Gold Mining Company), Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA


Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Commercial (Bingham Copper and Gold Mining Company), Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:514802
Long-form Identifier:1:3:514802:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘBingham Canyon Mine, Bingham Canyon, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘMascotte Tunnel Occurrence, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
17.5km (10.9 miles) ⓘHidden Treasure Mine, Jacob City, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
38.8km (24.1 miles) ⓘHickman Canyon Mining and Development Company Prospect, Third Term Mining District, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, USA
42.6km (26.4 miles) ⓘCarbonate Mine (Homeward Bound Tunnel; Kessler Mining Company), Mill D South Fork, Big Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
54.3km (33.8 miles) ⓘDaly-Judge Mine, Park City Mining District, Summit County, Utah, USA
55.2km (34.3 miles) ⓘLittle Bell Mine (Daly West Group; Park Utah Consolidated Mines; United Park City Mines), Park City Mining District, Summit County, Utah, USA
63.6km (39.5 miles) ⓘCentennial Eureka Mine, Eureka, Juab County, Utah, USA
64.9km (40.3 miles) ⓘMammoth Mine, Mammoth, Tintic Mining District, East Tintic Mountains, Utah, USA
65.2km (40.5 miles) ⓘGold Chain Mine, Mammoth, Tintic Mining District, East Tintic Mountains, Utah, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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