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Cuprite from
Giroux Mine (Jeroo Mine; Rio Tinto Mine; Rio Tinto Consolidated Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, 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 Giroux Mine (Jeroo Mine; Rio Tinto Mine; Rio Tinto Consolidated Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:786012
Long-form Identifier:1:3:786012:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘKingman prospect (Kingman Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘRichardson prospect (Richardson group; Reno), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘDarwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘBruce Mine, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘWisconsin prospect, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
20.8km (12.9 miles) ⓘSanta Rosa Mine (Lee-Santa Rosa Mine; Santa Rosa Mines), Malpais Mesa, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
35.4km (22.0 miles) ⓘCerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
37.8km (23.5 miles) ⓘBurro and Mary F. prospect (Burro and Mary; Burro claim; Mary F. claim; Protection group; Gem Mine; New Discovery Mine; Jail Canyon; Corona Mine), Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
41.7km (25.9 miles) ⓘUlida Mine (Morning Star Mine; Sardine Mine; Maryland Mine; Virginia Mine; Walker Mine; Ulida Mine; Hunter Mine; H. M. Stanley; Sorbia Mine; Vlida Mine; Kabba Riga Mine), Big Dodd Spring, Ubehebe Mining District, Cottonwood Mountains, Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
68.1km (42.3 miles) ⓘReward Mine, Reward, Russ Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
References
Margerum, W. (2004) The Darwin Tungsten Area Part II: Mines and Mineralogy in the Bulletin of the Mineralogical Society of Southern California Vol. 74(5).
 
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