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Malachite from
Beckman Mine, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, 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 Beckman Mine, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:329394
Long-form Identifier:1:3:329394:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘChance Mine, Casa Diablo Mountain, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘLong Chance & Vanelmart Mine (Long Chance Mine; Vanelmart Mine; Last Chance Mine), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
16.0km (10.0 miles) ⓘDiana Mine, Diana-Kerrick group, Diana Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
16.7km (10.3 miles) ⓘCornucopia Mine, Buscones Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘComanche Mine (Kerrick Mine; Comanche & Kerrick Mine), Diana-Kerrick group, Diana Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
52.6km (32.7 miles) ⓘLookout mine, Good Hope Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
63.9km (39.7 miles) ⓘ4-D Prospect, Marietta Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
64.0km (39.8 miles) ⓘWidow Prospect, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
64.7km (40.2 miles) ⓘConfidence Prospect, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
66.0km (41.0 miles) ⓘSixteen-to-One Mine, Red Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
References
Rinehart, Charles Dean & Donald C. Ross (1956), Economic geology of the Casa Diablo Mountain quadrangle, California: California Division Mines Special Report 48, 17 pp.: 8
 
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