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While externally similar shapes, these two minerals are very different inside.
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Cuprite from
Spear prospect, Madera Canyon, Old Baldy Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Spear prospect, Madera Canyon, Old Baldy Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:268625
Long-form Identifier:1:3:268625:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
6.2km (3.8 miles) ⓘMontosa Mine (Montosa group of claims), Montosa Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
6.2km (3.8 miles) ⓘFlorida Mine, Robinson property (Robinson group), Stone Cabin Canyon, Old Baldy Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘJersey Girl Mine (Jersey Girl prospect), Toluachi group of claims (Toluachi group; Bonanza tunnel; Tennantite claim), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
10.7km (6.7 miles) ⓘBland Mine (Hogsett Mine), Alto Gulch, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘMontezuma Mine (Empress of India Mine; Queen of Sheba Mine), Grosvenor Hills, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
17.3km (10.8 miles) ⓘOregon Copper Mine, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘCoconino Mine, Rosemont (Rosemont Camp), Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
17.8km (11.1 miles) ⓘChicago Mine, Rosemont (Rosemont Camp), Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘSweet Bye & Bye Mine, Rosemont (Rosemont Camp), Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
18.2km (11.3 miles) ⓘPickwick Mine, Rosemont (Rosemont Camp), Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, USGS Bull. 582: 178.
 
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