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Chrysocolla from
Groom Mine, Amazon Wash, Constellation, Black Rock Mining District, Yavapai 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 Groom Mine, Amazon Wash, Constellation, Black Rock Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:229189
Long-form Identifier:1:3:229189:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘAbe Lincoln Mine (Cumbac Mine; Andrew Jackson Mine; Tom Jefferson Mine; Copper No. 2 claim; Copper No. 1 Patented claim), Castle Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘStandard Copper prospect (Selle prospect; Horseshoe prospect), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘSwallow Mine (Moonlight Mine; Dobler Mine; Whim vein; Golden Wonder shaft), Buzzard's Roost, Copperopolis, Castle Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) ⓘUnida Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘWhipsaw Mine (Whipshaw Mine; K and K claims; Patented claims 1754), Whipsaw Gulch (Whipsaw Creek), Copperopolis, Castle Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘChampie Mine (Lehman Mine; Lehman Copper Mine; Lone Star Mine; UFO claims; Cersa Moje 1-7 claims; Rhoades-Iola claims), Copperopolis, Castle Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘCopperopolis, Castle Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) ⓘCopperopolis Mine (Melinda Jane drift; Mammoth; Amity group; Patented claims 1200 and 1246), Copperopolis, Castle Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘOutpost Extension prospect, San Domingo Wash, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘOutpost Mine, San Domingo Wash, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Wilson, E.D., et al (1934), AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 137: 64.
 
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