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Malachite from
Tubutana Mine, San Cayetano Mining District, San Cayetano Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
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 Tubutana Mine, San Cayetano Mining District, San Cayetano Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:274985
Long-form Identifier:1:3:274985:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘWise prospect, San Cayetano Mining District, San Cayetano Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
11.6km (7.2 miles) ⓘMontezuma Mine (Empress of India Mine; Queen of Sheba Mine), Grosvenor Hills, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘSalero Mine (Darwin Mine; Constitution Mine), Salero Hill (Salero Mountain), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘEureka-Marble Mine group, Salero Hill (Salero Mountain), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
13.6km (8.5 miles) ⓘMohawk Mine, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
13.8km (8.6 miles) ⓘBradford Mine, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘJersey Girl Mine (Jersey Girl prospect), Toluachi group of claims (Toluachi group; Bonanza tunnel; Tennantite claim), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘAlto Mine (Alto vein; Gold Tree Mine; El Plomo Mine), Alto Mine group (Alto vein swarm), Alto Hill, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘBland Mine (Hogsett Mine), Alto Gulch, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
14.9km (9.3 miles) ⓘThree Star prospect (Riquesa Mine), Wandering Jew Mine group (Stars Mine; Old Fort Tumacacori Mine), Apache Gulch, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, USGS Bull. 582: 358.
 
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