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Malachite from
Commonwealth Mine, Mount Painter area, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia


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 Commonwealth Mine, Mount Painter area, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:418355
Long-form Identifier:1:3:418355:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘWheal Frost, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘMount McDonnell Mine (MacDonnell; Mount McDonald; Mt McDonald; Prince Albert), Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘGrand Junction Mine (Junction Mine; Yudnamutana No.7), Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘSir Dominick Mine, Daly gorge, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
3.6km (2.3 miles) ⓘOld Knoll Mine, Daly gorge, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘWallace Gully Prospects, Mount Freeling, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘShamrock Mine (Shamrock Valley; Valley), Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘJubilee Mine, Daly gorge, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘStanley Mine (Junction and Stanley Mine), Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘWilligan Hill Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
References
Coats & Blissetts 1971, Bull 43, SA Mines Department
SA Geodata Database - Mineral Deposit Details Deposit Number: 2119
Brown, Henry Yorke Lyell (1908) Record of the mines of South Australia (4th ed.). Government Printer.
 
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