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Chrysocolla from
Saddle Mountain Mine group (Lola claims; Gila Copper Sulphide Co. property; Dye vein), Lee Mountain area, Saddle Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Classification
Species:Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Saddle Mountain Mine group (Lola claims; Gila Copper Sulphide Co. property; Dye vein), Lee Mountain area, Saddle Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:419842
Long-form Identifier:1:3:419842:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘRieder and Bailey group (Rieder and Bailey prospects), Winkelman area, Saddle Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘChristmas open pit, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) ⓘChristmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘChilito Mine, Schneider Hill, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘ79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘCowboy Mine, Dripping Springs, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
20.5km (12.7 miles) ⓘDripping Springs Mines (Dripping Springs claims; Cocreham and Haywood Mine; Gold Nugget Mine; Gold Queen Mine; Columbia Mine; Roundtop Mine), Dripping Springs, Dripping Spring Wash, Dripping Springs Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
21.8km (13.6 miles) ⓘRenfro group (Roman Eagle shaft; Pinal Development Co. claims), Dripping Springs, Dripping Springs Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
25.4km (15.8 miles) ⓘCopper Reef Mine (Copper Reef Consolidated; Rawhide Mountain prospects; Coronado claims; Coronado group; North Star Mine; North Star shaft), Copper Reef Mountain, Stanley Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
26.7km (16.6 miles) ⓘKelvin-Sultana Mine, Mineral Creek-Gila River confluence area, Kelvin, Riverside Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10026864
MRDS ID #M000645.
Ross, Clyde P. (1925a) Ore deposits of the Saddle Mountain and Banner Mining Districts, Arizona. USGS Bull. 771.
 
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