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Courtland-Gleeson turquoise district
Gem locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Crystals and mineralsAlso 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.