Specimen / extraction / copper / sample / cuprite / gangue / lim

Description

One of a group of copper ores and other specimens illustrating the extraction of the metal - a sample of cuprite in a gangue of shaly limestone, from Metcalf Mine

Museum reference

T.1914.11.52

Object name

Specimen / extraction / copper / sample / cuprite / gangue / lim

Materials

Limestone

Physical description

Cuprite, shaly limestone

Associations

Metcalf Mines, Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA, North America