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Pseudomalachite from
Old Reliable Mine (Reliable Mine; Calumet Mine; Clark-Scanlon group; Copper Creek Mining Co. property), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA


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Pseudomalachite

Old Reliable Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Pseudomalachite

Old Reliable Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Pseudomalachite

Old Reliable Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Pseudomalachite, etc.

Old Reliable Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Pseudomalachite

Old Reliable Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Pseudomalachite

Old Reliable Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Pseudomalachite

Old Reliable Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Pseudomalachite, etc.

Old Reliable Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
03564450017272025553335.jpg
Pseudomalachite

Old Reliable Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Pseudomalachite

Old Reliable Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Pseudomalachite

Old Reliable Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Pseudomalachite, etc.

Old Reliable Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pseudomalachite
Formula:Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Comments:Botryoidal crusts and coatings between and on breccia fragments.
Colour:Green
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chrysocolla1
Allophane1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pseudomalachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Old Reliable Mine (Reliable Mine; Calumet Mine; Clark-Scanlon group; Copper Creek Mining Co. property), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:302616
Long-form Identifier:1:3:302616:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pseudomalachite
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘChilds-Adwinkle Mine (Childs and Altwilkle Mine; Childs-Aldwinkle Mine), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘCopper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
41.7km (25.9 miles) ⓘChristmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
77.4km (48.1 miles) ⓘSilver Bell-Martinez Mine (Martinez Mine; Silver Bell property; Martinez property; Silver-Bell Mine; Silver Bell-Martinez Mine; Columbia Mine; Columbia-Silver Bell Mine; Silver Bell-Columbia Mine), Martinez Canyon, Bell Butte area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
82.1km (51.0 miles) ⓘThornton pit, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
84.9km (52.7 miles) ⓘCastle Dome Mine (Castle Dome deposit; Pinto Valley deposit), Castle Dome area (Castle Dome Mine area; Pinto Valley Mine area), Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
87.5km (54.4 miles) ⓘSaginaw Hill, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
C. Lemanski, Jr. - self collected
 
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