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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Delafossite
Formula:Cu+Fe3+O2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Delafossite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:750863
Long-form Identifier:1:3:750863:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Delafossite
60.5km (37.6 miles) ⓘCole Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
60.8km (37.8 miles) ⓘHendricks Mine, Hendricks Gulch, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
61.2km (38.0 miles) ⓘSouthwest Mine, Hendricks Gulch, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
61.4km (38.1 miles) ⓘCopper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
61.9km (38.5 miles) ⓘMuheim-Anderson prospect (Cochise prospect; Copper Queen Branch [MSHA]), Dubacher Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
62.1km (38.6 miles) ⓘJunction Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
94.2km (58.5 miles) ⓘLast Chance Mine, Casey Hill, Courtland, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
Berrocal-Lopez, et al 2009
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.
 
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