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Molybdenite from
Old Reliable Mine (Reliable Mine; Calumet Mine; Clark-Scanlon group; Copper Creek Mining Co. property), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA


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Molybdenite

Old Reliable Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Molybdenite

Old Reliable Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
04914760017431410011503.jpg
Molybdenite

Old Reliable Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Old Reliable Mine (Reliable Mine; Calumet Mine; Clark-Scanlon group; Copper Creek Mining Co. property), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:246069
Long-form Identifier:1:3:246069:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘChilds-Adwinkle Mine (Childs and Altwilkle Mine; Childs-Aldwinkle Mine), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘAmerican Eagle Mine (American Eagle Basin), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘCopper Prince Mine, Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
19.1km (11.9 miles) ⓘSan Manuel Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) ⓘKalamazoo orebody, San Manuel Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
19.9km (12.3 miles) ⓘFord Mine, Tucson Wash, Mammoth, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
36.0km (22.4 miles) ⓘRedington, Redington Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
36.9km (22.9 miles) ⓘLittle Hill Mine, Oracle, Oracle Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
39.7km (24.7 miles) ⓘStratton Mine (Old Hat Mine), Stratton-Daily Camp, Mount Bigelow, Pima County, Arizona, USA
41.2km (25.6 miles) ⓘCopper Hill prospect, Crozier Peak area, Cottonwood Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
Galbraith, F.W. (1947), Minerals of AZ, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 153: 24
Simons, F.S. (1964), Geology of the Klondyke quadrangle, Graham and Pinal Cos., AZ, USGS PP 461.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.302
 
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