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High-Grade Copper Ore, Chino Mine, Silver City, New Mexico [132438]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Rocks, Fossils & Minerals Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
High-Grade Copper Ore, Chino Mine, Silver City, New Mexico   [132438]
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This item SOLD at 2021 Jun 01 @ 10:32UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Four hefty pieces of high-grade copper ore, primarily brassy chalcopyrite and purple-red bornite, from the Chino Mine near Silver City, New Mexico. One specimen is labeled "KCC" for Kennecott Copper Company, which sold the mine to Phelps-Dodge Corporation in the 1980s. Freeport-MacMoran purchased Phelps-Dodge in 2007. The largest specimen is about 7 x 4.5 x 1 inch and weighs about 725 grams, the next largest is about 5.5 x 4.5 x 1 inch and weighs about 635 grams. Third specimen is 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 inches and weighs 386 grams. Fourth is around 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 inches and weighs 139 grams.

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State: New Mexico
City: Silver City
Provenance: William Mayrsohn Collection