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Azurite from
Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Azurite
Formula:Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Azurite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:135653
Long-form Identifier:1:3:135653:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Azurite
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘLights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘCosmopolitan Mine (Reward Mine), Genesee, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
16.5km (10.2 miles) ⓘIron Dike Mine (Montgomery Mine; Iron Dyke Mine; Copper Bull Mine; Pettinger vein), Taylorsville, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
19.6km (12.2 miles) ⓘGruss Mine (Genesee Mine; Genesee Valley Mine; Ward Mine), Genesee, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) ⓘShoofly occurrence, Indian Falls, Plumas County, California, USA
25.7km (16.0 miles) ⓘBlue Bell occurrence [2], Argentine Rock, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
27.0km (16.8 miles) ⓘConsolidated Gold and Metal Company Mine (Walker Consolidated Mine), Genesee, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
79.8km (49.6 miles) ⓘBig Bend Mine (Evening Star Mine; Evening Star claim; Pinkston Mine), Big Bend Mountain, Big Bend, Butte County, California, USA
84.2km (52.3 miles) ⓘAntelope Mine (Mars-Homestake Mine), Stateline Peak Mining District, Fort Sage Mountains, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
96.2km (59.8 miles) ⓘRedelius claims, Granite Peak area, Peavine Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
References
www.mineralsocal.org (1999) https://www.mineralsocal.org
 
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