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Covellite from
Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico


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 Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:618848
Long-form Identifier:1:3:618848:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘBuenavista Mine (Buenavista del Cobre Mine), Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
35.0km (21.7 miles) ⓘNelly James Mine, Miller Canyon, Miller Peak, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
36.2km (22.5 miles) ⓘAlfonso Villey Mine (Alfonso Villy prospect), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
37.6km (23.4 miles) ⓘReef Mine, Carr Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
39.9km (24.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed copper prospect, Brown Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
43.6km (27.1 miles) ⓘBuena Vista Mine (Goodview Mine), Providencia Canyon, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
50.5km (31.4 miles) ⓘCollicello & Luray Mine groups, Big Stick Mine (Big Stick prospect; Ledge Mine), Cox Gulch, Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
51.2km (31.8 miles) ⓘRed Mountain Mine (Red Mountain Copper prospect; Gem Mine; Carlton property; Ten Grand Mine; Red Mountain project), Red Mountain, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
51.4km (31.9 miles) ⓘCox Gulch prospects, Cox Gulch, Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
51.6km (32.0 miles) ⓘBig Stick Mine (Big Stick prospect; Ledge Mine), Cox Gulch, Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
Valencia, V. A., Noguez-Alcántara, B., Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Gehrels, G., Quintanar, F., & Valencia-Moreno, M. (2006). Geocronología de Re-Os en molibdenita y LA-ICPMS-MC U-Pb en circón para el pórfido cuprífero de Milpillas: aportaciones para esclarecer la evolución temporal de la mineralización en el Distrito de Cananea, Sonora, México. Revista mexicana de ciencias geológicas, 23(1), 39-53.
Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., Moring, B.C. (2008) Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. Open-File Report 2008-1155
Jones, Evan, A., Megaw, Peter K.M. (2021) The Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico. The Mineralogical Record, 52 (5) 493-626
 
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