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Malachite from
Dripping Springs Mines (Dripping Springs claims; Cocreham and Haywood Mine; Gold Nugget Mine; Gold Queen Mine; Columbia Mine; Roundtop Mine), Dripping Springs, Dripping Spring Wash, Dripping Springs Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1
- var Chalcedony1
Chrysocolla1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dripping Springs Mines (Dripping Springs claims; Cocreham and Haywood Mine; Gold Nugget Mine; Gold Queen Mine; Columbia Mine; Roundtop Mine), Dripping Springs, Dripping Spring Wash, Dripping Springs Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:427748
Long-form Identifier:1:3:427748:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘCowboy Mine, Dripping Springs, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘRattler Mine, Tiger Mountain area, Dripping Springs Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘEl Capitan Mine (Gold Dust claim), El Capitan, El Capitan Mining District, Mescal Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
9.4km (5.8 miles) ⓘSky deposit (Sky prospects; Fran; Zora; Peanuts), El Capitan, El Capitan Mining District, Mescal Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘSilver Creek Mine (Hanna property; Old McGraw property; Manifest Mining Co. claims), El Capitan Mountain, El Capitan Mining District, Mescal Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘ79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
10.4km (6.4 miles) ⓘKelvin-Sultana Mine, Mineral Creek-Gila River confluence area, Kelvin, Riverside Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘChilito Mine, Schneider Hill, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
10.7km (6.7 miles) ⓘGold-Copper Mines Co. Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘFinch Mine, Keystone Gulch, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10046332, MRDS ID #M241245.
 
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