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Chalcanthite from
Copper Flat, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA


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Chalcanthite, etc.

Copper Flat, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
08995640017367537759416.jpg
Chalcanthite, etc.

Copper Flat, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
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Chalcanthite, etc.

Copper Flat, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Locality type:Flat
Classification
Species:Chalcanthite
Formula:CuSO4 · 5H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gypsum1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Flat, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:237066
Long-form Identifier:1:3:237066:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcanthite
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘChance Mine (Cina Mahoney Group), Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘGarfield Butler Group, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
44.2km (27.4 miles) ⓘVindicator group (Vindicator-West Contact group [1890's]; Vindicator and West Contact; Vindicator Mine), Cuchillo Negro Mining District, Sierra Cuchillo (Cuchillo Negro Mts), Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
57.2km (35.6 miles) ⓘGround Hog Mine, Vanadium, Central Mining District (Bayard District), Grant County, New Mexico, USA
84.7km (52.6 miles) ⓘTyrone Mine, Tyrone Area, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
91.3km (56.7 miles) ⓘMerry Widow Mine, White Signal Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
93.2km (57.9 miles) ⓘGreen Crawford Mine, San Andrecito Mining District, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
References
Northrop, Stuart A., LaBruzza, F.A. (1996) Minerals of New Mexico (3rd ed.) University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM.
 
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