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Chalcocite from
Safford deposit (Spalding; Lindsey and Anderson claims; Sanchez Copper deposit; Esperanza Mine), Sanchez, Lone Star Mining District (Safford Mining District; Dos Pobres Mining District), Graham County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Comments:Steely & sooty varieties replacing pyrite, chalcopyrite & bornite; blanket-like enrichment cap on primary ore zone.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Bornite
Chalcopyrite
Pyrite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Safford deposit (Spalding; Lindsey and Anderson claims; Sanchez Copper deposit; Esperanza Mine), Sanchez, Lone Star Mining District (Safford Mining District; Dos Pobres Mining District), Graham County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:249819
Long-form Identifier:1:3:249819:5
GUID (UUID V4):92963fda-5339-459c-aae3-6a2f9b496493
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
13.1km (8.1 miles) San Juan Mine (Peacock Mine), Peterson Wash, Lone Star Mining District (Safford Mining District; Dos Pobres Mining District), Graham County, Arizona, USA
13.4km (8.3 miles) Safford Copper Mine (Kennecott Safford; Lone Star Mine), Lone Star Mining District (Safford Mining District; Dos Pobres Mining District), Graham County, Arizona, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) Safford Mine (Dos Pobres Mine; Dos Pobres ore body; Los Pobres; Safford Phelps Dodge; Phelps Dodge Safford project; Arrowhead Mine), Lone Star Mining District (Safford Mining District; Dos Pobres Mining District), Graham County, Arizona, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) Copper Bar shaft and adit, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
26.6km (16.5 miles) Copper Mountain Mine (Manganese Blue Mine; Copper Mountain claim working; Old Blue shaft; Detroit Copper Co. group; Manganese Blue ore body), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
26.7km (16.6 miles) Arizona Central Mine (Detroit Copper Co. group [in part]; Arizona Central vein; Copper Mountain tunnel), Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
26.8km (16.7 miles) Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
26.9km (16.7 miles) Detroit Mine (Arizona Copper Co. group [in part]), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
26.9km (16.7 miles) Humboldt Mine (Humboldt tunnel; Liverpool tunnel; Arizona Copper Co. group [in part]), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
27.7km (17.2 miles) Dover Copper Mines (Gold Belt Mines/group; Dover Copper group; Copper Plate Mine), Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
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