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Chrysocolla from
Sunset Mine (McKalouff and Gilbert property; Thomas McAuliffe group; Thomas Gianmi claims), Mineral Mountain area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sunset Mine (McKalouff and Gilbert property; Thomas McAuliffe group; Thomas Gianmi claims), Mineral Mountain area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:512322
Long-form Identifier:1:3:512322:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
3.3km (2.0 miles) ⓘAjax Mine, Bell Butte area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
4.6km (2.8 miles) ⓘSilver Bell-Martinez Mine (Martinez Mine; Silver Bell property; Martinez property; Silver-Bell Mine; Silver Bell-Martinez Mine; Columbia Mine; Columbia-Silver Bell Mine; Silver Bell-Columbia Mine), Martinez Canyon, Bell Butte area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
7.0km (4.3 miles) ⓘReymert Mine, Reymert Canyon, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
13.5km (8.4 miles) ⓘCopper Butte Mine (June Bug Mine; James Incline; Cochise Mine; Wallace shaft; Poor Mans Wash property; Patented claims; Old Fred Mitchell property), Copper Butte, Copper Butte Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘBomboy Mine, Roblas Butte area, Wood Camp Canyon Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘGrand Pacific Mine (Grand Pacific Copper Company property; Grand Pacific claims; Pacific group; Pacific Mine; Climax; Sandal group), Pacific Canyon, Apache Leap, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
16.1km (10.0 miles) ⓘGran Copper (Rare Metals claims; Century group; Lucky Traid; Johnson property; Rare Metals claims; Reinstated claims; Black Copper group), Grayback [peak] area, Riverside Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘMagma Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
16.5km (10.2 miles) ⓘLake Superior and Arizona Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘGolden Bell Mine, Grayback [peak] area, Riverside Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
D. Lapham, personal observation
 
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