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Cuprite from
Mascot Mine, Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Comments:Very tiny (less than 0.1 to about 0.1 mm) red octahedral micro-crystals, found scattered lightly on crumbly limonitic matrix, usually not too far away from weathered chalcopyrite.
Habit:Octahedral micro-crystals, often as penetration twins.
Colour:Bright red.
Luminescent properties:none
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mascot Mine, Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:27966
Long-form Identifier:1:3:27966:4
GUID (UUID V4):11a97c46-89d5-40ee-a8d2-6e0687ad045a
References
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New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered
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No. 1 January, 2000 The Mineral Collector's Ni New Mineral Finds in the Second Half of 1999 News from...venue Massapequa, New York 11758-5707 It is a great pleasure to report some interesting new fi nds in the...Rolla, MO from the pillar no. 401 of the Fletcher Mine, Reynolds Cou nty, MO while attempting to locate...flctcherite, which was not present. Cattierite is a new rare mineral for Missouri . Duftite, hedyphane,...Columbia University, from Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, labelled as kolwezite. The associated
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University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals....collector interest, including malachite, azurite, cuprite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite, and rosasite...including the Harborside mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke...Washington County. It has also been found at the old lead mines at Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut;...Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascot mine), Coos County, New Hampshire; as pale
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cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite...mill. So it has been at places such as Broken Hill, New South Wales, where linarite’s legacy is primarily...occurrences including the Cape Rosier mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, where it was found with smithsonite...Jones mine at Garland (King and Foord 1994). It is known in microcrystals from the Mascot mine (Graham...Galena King mine), Coos County, and Mineral Hill near Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire. It was a
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at the Chino Mine VIRGIL W. LUETH New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute...801 Leroy Place Socorro, New Mexico 87801 vwlueth@nmt.edu Grant County, New Mexico RONALD B. GIBBS ROBERT...ron_gibbs@fmi.com robert_north@fmi.com T he Chino mine is probably one of the oldest collecting sites in...collected at the site since prehistoric time. The mine derives its name from the Spanish term for chalcopyrite...long been reported. The Chino mine is located in eastern Grant County, New Mexico, approximately 12 miles
Report (volume)
Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
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chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Report (volume)
...... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;...Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico
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(NMNS51066). figure 2 (leftI: Galena. Crawford mine, Pirher, Oklahoma, Tri-State district; 6' 2 cm across;...Figure 3 (opposite page): Galena, St. Joseph Lead mine, Viburnum, Missouri, Viburnum Trend district; 6...large Pyra­ mid deposit became known as the X-15 mine). What the above figures do not show is that the...Northwest Territories, (1968). Note sinkhole in mine face. January /February 1989 13 Figure 7 (far...closed the Bear Hole mine in February 1978 and the re­ maining Shullsburg mine and mill on 1 October
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Switzerland photomicrography Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York circulation manager Mary Lynn White designed..........................235 by G. Fred Lincks Cuprite Up Close ........................................................................252 llvaite, a New Colorado Occurrence by Henry A. Truebe.............for the joy of seeing them “ react” visually in new ways as they are brought into different combinations...every night and find a beautiful and satisfying new creation every time. Try arranging them into pleasing
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Mammoth- St. Anthony Mine TIGER, ARIZONA The Mohawk mine. Photo courtesy Arizona Historical Society...Location The Mammoth-St. Anthony mine is located at Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona, Section 26, Township...Schultz who named the new mining area the Old Hat Mining District. In the early 1880s a mine was started on...developing into the town of Mammoth. The ore from the mine was hauled the three miles by 20 mule team wagons...hill to and from work at the mine. Soon a camp developed around the mine JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1982 5 KEY
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(top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far right page)...the western Tennessee brown iron deposits, the Mascot–Jefferson City zinc district, the Bumpass Cove
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
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excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
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excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive...phosphate groups are included. Corundum, spinel, cuprite, rutile, cassiterite, calcite, aragonite, dolomite...brown), p. 20 hematite (steel grey to red), p. 66 cuprite (dark red, black), p. 116 ilmenite (brownish black...p. 136 Red, Red-brown cinnabar (red), p. 96 cuprite (red to almost black), p. 116 hematite (red, black)...form the eastern coastline from Newfoundland to New York. Further south a flat plain of sedimentary rock
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176 Red-Brown copper (reddish to brown), p. 20 cuprite (dark red, black), p. 116 chromite (black), p....(green), p. 158 turquoise (greenish blue), p. 136 cuprite (red to almost black), p. 116 sphalerite(brown...forn1 the eastern coastline from Newfoundland to New York. Further south a flat plain of sedimentary rock...(41 795): Massive native gold in quartz. McIntyre Mine, Timmins, Tisdale Tp., Cochrane District, Ontario...Canada's Best Localities: San Antonio Mine, Bissett, Manitoba; McIntyre Mine, Timmins, Tisdale Township, Cochrane
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commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...Jay Ellis Ransom )' HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS New York, Evanston, and London A RANGE GUIDE TO MINES... Publishers, Incorporated, 49 East 33rd Street, New York 16, N. Y. * FIRST EDITION LIBRARY OF CONGRESS...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291...camp hangers-on, and businessmen swarmed to the new “diggings.” Almost overnight tent-camps mushroomed
Report (volume)
deposits and volcanoes of Tabar and Tatau, Papua New Guinea By James J. Rytuba, Edwin H. McKee, and Dennis...silver, mercury, copper, and palladium in Lemhi County, east-central Idaho By George A. Desborough, William...CO 80225. potential, and (3) providing tests of new technologies to provide measures of their utility...three decades, a new perceptual framework-plate tectonics, in conjunction with new research technologies-has...advances in technology, scientists have achieved new insights into the pressure and temperature conditions
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Coppermolybdenum mineralization at Mineral Park, Mojsve County, Arizona, in Ridge. J. D., Ore deposits of the...United States, 1933-1967 (Graton Sales Volume), v. 2: New York, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical...the Gold BasinLost Basin mining districts, Mojave County, Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts...CretaceousEarly Tertiary Do. -Cave Creek, Marlcopa County 34°48» x 111°43' Cu. Pb. Au. Ag. W Middle. Tertiary...Middle Tertiary Do. An Copper Mountain, Greenlee County 33°08' x 109°24' Pb, Mo, Cu, Au. Ag, Mn Early
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decade, however, the need has been growing for a new, comprehensive index. Because the 14-year index suffered... Consequently, it was our decision to prepare a new index which is cumulative back to volume 1, fully...the 14-year index, and which is organized on a new plan. Nevertheless, all readers and users of the...the last ten years, and which has inspired this new effort. The current 25-year index is divided into...appears n Brief descriptive note, as in "What's New in Minerals?" p Photograph or other illustration
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McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones... MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION Introduction Many new mineral species have been documented in Arizona since...Mineralogy of Arizona was published in 1995. This new edition adds to the extensive work of the previous...authors, who built the foundation on which this new effort rests. This edition is dedicated to these...others have been discredited for various reasons. The new analytical equipment available today has made it
 
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