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Malachite from
Unnamed copper prospect (15), Coronado Wash-Olsen Wash confluence area, Suizo Mountains, Durham-Suizo Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Prospect
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 Unnamed copper prospect (15), Coronado Wash-Olsen Wash confluence area, Suizo Mountains, Durham-Suizo Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:420046
Long-form Identifier:1:3:420046:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘLast Chance Mine (Ferguson Mine; Last Chance #2 Mine; Ebeling Copper Mine; Owens Mine), Olsen Wash-Coronado Wash area, Owl Head Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed copper prospect (48), Park Line Road area, Owl Head Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed copper prospect (50), Suizo Mountains, Durham-Suizo Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed Cu-Pb-Mo prospect, Durham Wash area, Durham-Suizo Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) ⓘBlue Star Mine (Honey Pot Mine), Coronado Wash area, Suizo Mountains, Durham-Suizo Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘHoney Pot 1 and 2 claims, Coronado Wash-Olsen Wash confluence area, Owl Head Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘMain San Juan claim (San Juan claims), Parker Wash area, Owl Head Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed copper prospect (51), Parker Wash area, Suizo Mountains, Durham-Suizo Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
7.0km (4.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed copper and lead deposit (1), Durham Wash area, Durham Hills, Durham-Suizo Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘBig Mine, Owl Head Buttes area, Owl Head Mining District, Tortolita Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10039933
MRDS ID #M051133.
Banks, N.G., Docktor, R.D., and Briskey, J.A. (1976) Maps of mines, mineralization, and alteration in the Tortolita Mountains Quadrangle, Arizona, Map A. (Open File Report)
 
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