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Cuprite from
Lilly Mine, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, 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 Lilly Mine, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:435171
Long-form Identifier:1:3:435171:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘIron King, Tomichi Mining District (White Pine Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
19.2km (12.0 miles) ⓘPoncha Springs, Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
21.9km (13.6 miles) ⓘIda May mine, Gold Hill Cumberland Pass, Quartz Creek Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
22.5km (14.0 miles) ⓘSedalia Mine (Sedalia Copper Mine), Sedalia Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) ⓘGold Hill, Tincup Mining District (Pieplant Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
28.7km (17.8 miles) ⓘStockton Mine (Gertrude Vein), Cleora Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
28.8km (17.9 miles) ⓘGypse Queen Mine, Cleora Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
42.3km (26.3 miles) ⓘTamarack Occurrence, Buena Vista Area, Free Gold Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
47.1km (29.3 miles) ⓘCochetopa Mining District (Cochetopa Creek Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
55.3km (34.4 miles) ⓘCotopaxi Mine (Cotopaxi lode; Gumaer Mine; Fannie lode; Fannie Mill), Mine Gulch, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
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