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Azurite from
Halls Peak, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia


Locality type:Peak
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 Halls Peak, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:230252
Long-form Identifier:1:3:230252:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Azurite in this Region
Sunnyside Mine, Halls Peak, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Azurite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘSunnyside Mine, Halls Peak, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘFirefly Mine, Clarke Co., New South Wales, Australia
1.0km (0.7 miles) ⓘFaints Mine, Clarke Co., New South Wales, Australia
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘGibsons Open Cut (Gibsons Mine), Clarke Co., New South Wales, Australia
17.3km (10.8 miles) ⓘCopper Mine Creek prospect, Vernon Co., New South Wales, Australia
42.5km (26.4 miles) ⓘWilli Willi Copper and Silver Mine (Willi Willi prospect), Dudley Co., New South Wales, Australia
60.5km (37.6 miles) ⓘVickers prospect (Old Bonanza Mine), Uralla, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia
65.2km (40.5 miles) ⓘGulf Copper Mine (Dyamberin Copper Mine; Aberfoyle Copper Mine), Dyamberin Homestead, Clarke Co., New South Wales, Australia
69.8km (43.4 miles) ⓘPioneer Mine (Wards Mistake Copper Mine; Paddy's Land Silver Mine; Northern Star Copper Mine; McKinlays claim), Wards Mistake, Clarke Co., New South Wales, Australia
71.0km (44.1 miles) ⓘDobells Copper Mine, Hardinge Co., New South Wales, Australia
References
Geochemical, mineralogical and biogeochemical characterisation of abandoned metalliferous mine sites, Southern New England Orogen. In Flood P.G (ed.) Regional Geology, tectonics and metallogenesis, New England Orogen 1-3 Forum, 1999, Department of Earth Science U.N.E. Australia.
B. G. Lottermoser: P. M. Ashley, M. Muller and B. D. Whistler (1997) Metal contamination at the abandoned Halls Peak massive sulfide deposits, New South Wales. Tectonics and Metallogenesis o/the New England Orogen. Geological Society of Australia Special Publication 19, 290-299.
Ashley, P.M., Lottermoser, B.G. (1999) Geochemical, mineralogical and biogeochemical characterisation of abandoned metalliferous mine sites, Southern New England Orogen. In Flood, P.G. (ed.) Regional Geology, tectonics and metallogenesis, New England Orogen, 1-3 Forum, 1999, Department of Earth Science, U.N.E. Australia, 409-417.
 
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