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Aurichalcite from
Lone Mountain Mine, Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Aurichalcite
Formula:(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Comments:Occurs as small, radiating, fibrous masses & seams.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Hemimorphite
Smithsonite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aurichalcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lone Mountain Mine, Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:240843
Long-form Identifier:1:3:240843:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Aurichalcite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘHilton Mines, Copper Camp, Hilton (Lead Mountain), Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘChief Mine, Prince Mine group, Hilton Mines, Copper Camp, Hilton (Lead Mountain), Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘForty-nine Mine, Prince Mine group, Hilton Mines, Copper Camp, Hilton (Lead Mountain), Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘPrince Mine group, Hilton Mines, Copper Camp, Hilton (Lead Mountain), Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘExile King Mine, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) ⓘGunsight Pass, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘOmega Mine, Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
44.5km (27.7 miles) ⓘDaisy Mine (Daisy shaft), Mineral Hill Mines (Azurite group; Old Azurite Mine; Copper Glance Mine), Mineral Hill, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
45.0km (28.0 miles) ⓘFlux Mine, Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
46.2km (28.7 miles) ⓘSan Xavier pit (San Xavier open pit; San Xavier West Mine; San Xavier Unit Open pit), Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 53.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.123
 
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