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Native Copper from
Refugio claim, Chorro Creek, Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA


Locality type:Claim
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 Refugio claim, Chorro Creek, Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:646742
Long-form Identifier:1:3:646742:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Copper
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘTip Top Mine (Tiptop Mine; Guerro Mine; Guadalupe Mine; Tassajara Mine; Gloria Mine), Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
12.8km (7.9 miles) ⓘWelch Mine (Noble Electric Steel Company Mine / property), Los Osos, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
References
Aubury, Lewis E. (1905) The Copper Resources of California. Bulletin 23. California State Mining Bureau p.148
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 159.
 
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