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Cuprite from
Copper King Mine (Lawler Mines), Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, 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 Copper King Mine (Lawler Mines), Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:275329
Long-form Identifier:1:3:275329:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘMammoth Mine (Hubbard Mine), Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘBagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘBruce Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
56.7km (35.2 miles) ⓘBoston-Arizona Mine, Iron Springs, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
57.6km (35.8 miles) ⓘU.S. Navy Mine (U.S. Mine; Verde Anney Mine), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
59.9km (37.2 miles) ⓘLoma Prieta Mine (Commercial Mine; Copper Glance Mine; Patented claims MS 3425; Copper Hill Mine [?]; Copper Basin group [in part]), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
62.3km (38.7 miles) ⓘZonia Mine (Zonia group; Fairplay Mine; Defiance Mine; Cuprite Mine; Zonia McMahon Mine), Peeples Valley, Walnut Grove Mining District (Wagoner Mining District), Antelope Mountains (Antelope Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
63.4km (39.4 miles) ⓘCopper Crown Mine, Walnut Grove, Walnut Grove Mining District (Wagoner Mining District), Antelope Mountains (Antelope Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
74.4km (46.2 miles) ⓘLittle Giant Mine groups, Cunningham Pass Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
75.2km (46.7 miles) ⓘCritic Mine, Wenden, Cunningham Pass Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
References
Anderson, C.A., et al (1955), Geology and ore deposits of the Bagdad area, Yavapai County, Arizona, USGS PP 278: 49.
 
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