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Cuprite from
Silver Queen mine, Cooper Hill District, Carbon County, Wyoming, 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 Silver Queen mine, Cooper Hill District, Carbon County, Wyoming, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:796866
Long-form Identifier:1:3:796866:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
32.8km (20.4 miles) ⓘNew Rambler mine (Rambler Mine; Holmes Mine; Electrolytic Mine; Great Rambler Mine), New Rambler Mining District, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
33.1km (20.6 miles) ⓘBlanche mine, New Rambler Mining District, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
33.9km (21.0 miles) ⓘAlbany Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
34.1km (21.2 miles) ⓘCuprite Mine, Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
51.4km (31.9 miles) ⓘPercis Claims (Wyoming Copper Company), Iron Mountain Mining District, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
52.0km (32.3 miles) ⓘBig Creek Mine, Big Creek pegmatite District, Carbon County, Wyoming, USA
65.7km (40.8 miles) ⓘStrong copper mine, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
80.6km (50.1 miles) ⓘRambler Mine, Red Mountain, Encampment, Encampment Mining District, Carbon County, Wyoming, USA
81.4km (50.6 miles) ⓘDoane-Rambler Mine (Rex Mine), Encampment Mining District, Carbon County, Wyoming, USA
82.9km (51.5 miles) ⓘRoberts Ranch prospect, Silver Crown Mining District, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
References
W. Dan Hausel (1994) Geology and Mineralization of the Cooper Hill Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Southeastern Wyoming. Wyoming Geological Survey Report of Investigation 49.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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