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Lavender Open Pit Mine, Cochise County, Arizona, United States

Type:	Mine(s) - a site where mineral ores are extracted from the ground by excavating surface pits and subterranean passages
Mindat.org Region:	Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Region:	Cochise County, Arizona, United States
Latitude:	31° 25' 55" N
Longitude:	109° 53' 57" W
Lat/Long (dec):	31.43204,-109.89924
Köppen climate type:	BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Elevation:	1,506m
Mindat Feature ID:	5301633
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:5301633:5
GUID:	bf59b932-e2bf-4fa9-967e-79030d24e8da

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 54" N	109° 53' 54" W	0.1km (0.0 miles)
Mammoth claim, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 54" N	109° 54' 11" W	0.4km (0.2 miles)
Junction Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims (Calumet and Arizona Mining Company group of claims), Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 44" N	109° 53' 44" W	0.5km (0.3 miles)
Hoatson Mine (Calumet and Arizona Mine), Calumet and Arizona group of claims (Calumet and Arizona Mining Company group of claims), Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 36" N	109° 54' 2" W	0.6km (0.4 miles)
Gardner Mine, Lowell, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 54" N	109° 54' 20" W	0.6km (0.4 miles)
Lowell Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 37" N	109° 54' 11" W	0.6km (0.4 miles)
Copper King prospect (Copper King of Arizona prospect), Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 26' 13" N	109° 54' 10" W	0.7km (0.4 miles)
Lowell, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 40" N	109° 53' 37" W	0.7km (0.4 miles)
Copper King Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 26' 15" N	109° 54' 12" W	0.7km (0.4 miles)
Oliver Mine (Calumet and Arizona Mine), Calumet and Arizona group of claims (Calumet and Arizona Mining Company group of claims), Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 44" N	109° 54' 25" W	0.8km (0.5 miles)
Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 26' 10" N	109° 54' 24" W	0.8km (0.5 miles)
Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 26' 7" N	109° 54' 27" W	0.9km (0.5 miles)
Dubacher Canyon, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 26' 17" N	109° 54' 20" W	0.9km (0.6 miles)
Irish Mag Mine (Calumet and Arizona Mine), Calumet and Arizona group of claims (Calumet and Arizona Mining Company group of claims), Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 53" N	109° 54' 33" W	0.9km (0.6 miles)
Holbrook Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 26' 3" N	109° 54' 33" W	1.0km (0.6 miles)
Spray Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 59" N	109° 54' 38" W	1.1km (0.7 miles)
Neptune Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 26' 7" N	109° 54' 37" W	1.1km (0.7 miles)
Unknown No. 2 claim, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 54" N	109° 54' 41" W	1.2km (0.7 miles)
Muheim-Anderson prospect (Cochise prospect; Copper Queen Branch [MSHA]), Dubacher Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 26' 25" N	109° 54' 24" W	1.2km (0.7 miles)
Denn Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 48" N	109° 53' 14" W	1.2km (0.7 miles)
Campbell Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 28" N	109° 53' 24" W	1.2km (0.7 miles)
Dallas Mine (Dallas shaft), Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 17" N	109° 54' 10" W	1.2km (0.8 miles)
Briggs Mine (Calumet and Arizona Mine), Calumet and Arizona group of claims (Calumet and Arizona Mining Company group of claims), Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 14" N	109° 53' 49" W	1.3km (0.8 miles)
Silver Bear Mine, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 50" N	109° 54' 46" W	1.3km (0.8 miles)
Golden Gate Mine, Escabrosa Ridge, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 26' 8" N	109° 54' 46" W	1.3km (0.8 miles)
Congdon Mine, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 36" N	109° 54' 43" W	1.4km (0.8 miles)
Holbrook Extension, Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 26' 20" N	109° 54' 40" W	1.4km (0.9 miles)
Nellie claim, Calumet and Arizona group of claims (Calumet and Arizona Mining Company group of claims), Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 11" N	109° 53' 44" W	1.4km (0.9 miles)
Granville & Unknown claims, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 13" N	109° 54' 18" W	1.4km (0.9 miles)
Illinois Mine, Cochise County, Arizona, USA	31° 25' 10" N	109° 53' 43" W	1.4km (0.9 miles)

Lavender Pit

Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Lavender Pit

Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Vertical Panorama view

Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Lavender Pit

Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Lavender Pit

Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Vertical Panorama view

Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Lavender Pit

Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Lavender Pit

Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Minerals recorded nearby (within 1.4 km)

ⓘ var: Manganese-bearing Calcite

ⓘ 'Campbellite'

ⓘ Canfieldite

ⓘ Carbonatecyanotrichite

ⓘ Cassiterite

ⓘ Cerussite

ⓘ Chalcanthite

ⓘ Chalcoalumite (TL)

ⓘ var: Chalcotrichite

ⓘ var: Copper-bearing Descloizite

ⓘ 'Freibergite Subgroup'

ⓘ Furutobeite

ⓘ Galena

ⓘ var: Silver-bearing Galena

ⓘ var: Hydrohetaerolite

ⓘ Kiddcreekite (TL)

ⓘ 'Tennantite Subgroup'

ⓘ Tenorite

ⓘ Tetradymite

ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

ⓘ var: Silver-bearing Wittichenite

Rock types recorded nearby (within 1.4 km)

ⓘ Granite

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico	Mountain Range
North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Basin and Range Basins, North America Plate	Basin
Mazatzal Domain, North America Plate	Domain
Pedregosa Basin, North America Plate	Basin
USA	Country
Arizona, USA	State
Cochise County, Arizona, USA	County

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