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Courtland-Gleeson turquoise district

Gem locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: turquoise, chrysocolla.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Ghost camps in the Dragoon foothills where turquoise was mined alongside copper

Historic Cochise County district in mining literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open shafts, border-country remoteness

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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