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Native Copper from
Gopher Lode Occurrence, Unorganized mining district [5], Pennington County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Native Copper
Formula:Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gopher Lode Occurrence, Unorganized mining district [5], Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:383847
Long-form Identifier:1:3:383847:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Copper
24.4km (15.1 miles) ⓘJungle Mine (Custer Peak Copper Mine), Roubaix, Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
32.7km (20.3 miles) ⓘBox Elder Creek, Nemo, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
33.0km (20.5 miles) ⓘCopper Glance (Uranium Lode; Poisoned Ox Group), Pactola Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
33.5km (20.8 miles) ⓘDexter Claim (Ashley & Nyswanger), Pactola Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
35.9km (22.3 miles) ⓘBlue Lead Mine (Mahoney Bluelead Mine), Sheridan, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
36.1km (22.4 miles) ⓘHomestake Mine, Lead, Lead Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
36.2km (22.5 miles) ⓘDakota Calumet Mine (Continental Copper Company Mine), Blue Lead Mine (Mahoney Bluelead Mine), Sheridan, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
39.0km (24.2 miles) ⓘCity Creek, Deadwood, Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
48.2km (30.0 miles) ⓘHayward, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
79.5km (49.4 miles) ⓘFairburn, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
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