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Cuprite from
Wadams mine, Bannack Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wadams mine, Bannack Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:700856
Long-form Identifier:1:3:700856:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
17.4km (10.8 miles) ⓘStapleton prospect, Stapleton Gulch, Argenta, Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
17.5km (10.9 miles) ⓘGoldsmith Mine, Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘBella Mine (Whopper Mine), Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
17.9km (11.1 miles) ⓘCopper Bell Mine, Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘIndian Queen Mine, Utopia Mining District (Birch Creek Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
41.9km (26.0 miles) ⓘEmery Mine (Black Rock; Carbonate Extension; Carbonate Hill Mine), Zosell Mining District (Emery Mining District), Powell County, Montana, USA
43.1km (26.8 miles) ⓘCopper Queen Mine (Tendoy Copper Queen), McDevitt Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
47.1km (29.3 miles) ⓘJahnke Mine, Beaverhead Mining District (Dark Horse Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
48.7km (30.2 miles) ⓘHecla-Silver King Group, Bryant Mining District (Hecla Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
56.3km (35.0 miles) ⓘPeacock Mine, Leadore Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
References
Winchell, Alexander Newton (1914) Mining districts of the Dillon quadrangle, Montana, and adjacent areas. Bulletin 574. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b574
 
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