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Covellite from
Pontatoc Mine, Santa Catalina Mountains foothills, Tucson area, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pontatoc Mine, Santa Catalina Mountains foothills, Tucson area, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:538123
Long-form Identifier:1:3:538123:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
22.3km (13.8 miles) ⓘControl Mine (Control Mines; Geesman Mine group; Camp Apache Mine), Leatherwood Mine group (Apache group), Mount Bigelow, Pima County, Arizona, USA
23.9km (14.9 miles) ⓘOracle Ridge Mine, Pima County, Arizona, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) ⓘLittle Hill Mine, Oracle, Oracle Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
29.2km (18.2 miles) ⓘMaudina Mine (Campo Bonito gp; Bonito Mines; Other claims; Maudina claims/property), Campo Bonito Mines, Campo Bonito, Oracle Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
42.4km (26.3 miles) ⓘMineral Hill Mines (Azurite group; Old Azurite Mine; Copper Glance Mine), Mineral Hill, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
43.2km (26.8 miles) ⓘKalamazoo orebody, San Manuel Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
45.2km (28.1 miles) ⓘRich Hill Mine group, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
45.9km (28.5 miles) ⓘProsperity Mine group (Helmet Peak group; Helmet Peak Mine; Prosperity claims), Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
46.2km (28.7 miles) ⓘMammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
47.1km (29.2 miles) ⓘPearl Mine (Pearl property; Pearl vein; Monarch group; Dripping Springs property; Cuba Mine; Magoris Mine; Matt Tar property), Signal Peak area, Black Hills, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10039689, MRDS ID #M050656.
 
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