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Azurite from
Peerless Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Mine
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 Peerless Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:304987
Long-form Identifier:1:3:304987:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Azurite
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘEtta Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘWhite Cap Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘDakota Calumet Mine (Continental Copper Company Mine), Blue Lead Mine (Mahoney Bluelead Mine), Sheridan, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘBlue Lead Mine (Mahoney Bluelead Mine), Sheridan, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
20.9km (13.0 miles) ⓘQueen Mine, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
21.3km (13.2 miles) ⓘPoisoned Ox Group (Uranium Lode; Copper Glance), Pactola Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
28.9km (18.0 miles) ⓘTin Mountain Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
38.9km (24.2 miles) ⓘBee Mine (Climax; Solnar; Copper Reef Nos. 1 and 2; Black Hills Copper Company), Rochford Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
42.1km (26.1 miles) ⓘJungle Mine (Custer Peak Copper Mine), Roubaix, Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
47.2km (29.3 miles) ⓘRoubaix, Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
References
Am Min 70:9-10 pp 1044-1049
 
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