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Malachite from
Cecil Todechenee channel (Channel 21; Tract 2A), Skeleton Mesa, Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Channel
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cecil Todechenee channel (Channel 21; Tract 2A), Skeleton Mesa, Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:217789
Long-form Identifier:1:3:217789:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Malachite in this Region
Cecil Todechenee claim, Cecil Todechenee channel (Channel 21; Tract 2A), Skeleton Mesa, Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘAlfred Miles No. 1 channel (Nokai Mesa channel; Channel No. 1), Skeleton Mesa, Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) ⓘCecil Todechenee claim, Cecil Todechenee channel (Channel 21; Tract 2A), Skeleton Mesa, Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘRoad channel (Road paleochannel; Channel 17), Skeleton Mesa, Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
8.0km (4.9 miles) ⓘCrescent claim, Crescent channel (Channel No. 28; paleochannel No. 28), Hoskinnini Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) ⓘCrescent channel (Channel No. 28; paleochannel No. 28), Hoskinnini Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘRamp channel (Channel No. 29), Hoskinnini Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
10.7km (6.7 miles) ⓘAlfred Miles No. 2 channel (Channel 7), Skeleton Mesa, Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘDouble channel (Channel No. 6), Hoskinnini Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
11.8km (7.4 miles) ⓘCopper Canyon deposits, Copper Canyon, Hoskinnini Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘAlfred Miles claim, Alfred Miles No. 1 channel (Nokai Mesa channel; Channel No. 1), Skeleton Mesa, Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
References
Witkind, I.J. & Thaden (1963), Geology and uranium-vanadium deposits of the Monument Valley area, Apache and Navajo Cos., AZ, USGS Bull. 1103: 72 (Table 1) & 74, 150-151.
 
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