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Chrysocolla from
Santa Cruz deposit, Casa Grande area, Casa Grande, Casa Grande Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Deposit
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 Santa Cruz deposit, Casa Grande area, Casa Grande, Casa Grande Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:421855
Long-form Identifier:1:3:421855:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
9.1km (5.6 miles) ⓘSacaton Mine, Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
16.0km (10.0 miles) ⓘConfidence claims 1 - 19, Vaiva Vo (Cockleburr) area, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘSilver Reef Mine (Reef Mine; Cholla Mine; Silver Nugget Mine), White Horse Pass area, Silver Reef Mountains area, Chuichu area, Tat Momoli Mountains, Silver Reef Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
20.9km (13.0 miles) ⓘOld Jonah Mine (Gold Nugget Mine; Loss Brothers claims), Chuichu area, Silver Reef Mountains, Tat Momoli Mountains, Silver Reef Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘCopper Standard Mine (Loss Brothers claims), White Horse Pass area, Silver Reef Mountains area, Chuichu area, Tat Momoli Mountains, Silver Reef Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
29.8km (18.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au-Cu prospect (1), Black Mountain area, Table Top Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘOrizaba Mine, Lake St Clair, Fraguas, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
35.9km (22.3 miles) ⓘReward Mine (Bat tunnel; South Reward; Petrochis claim; Phenomenon), Kohatk, Vekol Mining District, Vekol Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘRepublic Mine (Republic Copper prospect; Ocotillo Copper Co. group; Super Six Mine; Super Six group; Lucky Ace Mine), Kohatk, Vekol Mining District, Vekol Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
37.4km (23.2 miles) ⓘVekol Hills project (Vekol Hills; Newmont Vekol), Kohatk, Vekol Mining District, Vekol Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10097042, MRDS ID #M030493.
 
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