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Chalcanthite from
Copper Mountain Mine (Manganese Blue Mine; Copper Mountain claim working; Old Blue shaft; Detroit Copper Co. group; Manganese Blue ore body), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcanthite
Formula:CuSO4 · 5H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Mountain Mine (Manganese Blue Mine; Copper Mountain claim working; Old Blue shaft; Detroit Copper Co. group; Manganese Blue ore body), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:424503
Long-form Identifier:1:3:424503:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcanthite
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘYavapai Mine (Arizona Copper Co. group [in part]), Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘMorenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘCopper Mountain, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
4.3km (2.6 miles) ⓘMetcalf Mines (Arizona Copper Co. group; Metcalf Open pit), Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
26.6km (16.5 miles) ⓘSafford deposit (Spalding; Lindsey and Anderson claims; Sanchez Copper deposit; Esperanza Mine), Sanchez, Lone Star Mining District (Safford Mining District; Dos Pobres Mining District), Graham County, Arizona, USA
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘSafford Copper Mine (Kennecott Safford; Lone Star Mine), Lone Star Mining District (Safford Mining District; Dos Pobres Mining District), Graham County, Arizona, USA
45.0km (28.0 miles) ⓘCarlisle Mine, Steeple Rock Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
87.0km (54.1 miles) ⓘCobre Grande Mine (Duval Sulfur and Potash Co. Mine; Cowboy Mine; Cowboy tunnel), Cobre Grande Mountain, Aravaipa, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
91.2km (56.6 miles) ⓘGrand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
98.6km (61.3 miles) ⓘMascot Mine, Mascot Mine group (Bachelder group; Tout group), Dos Cabezas, Dos Cabezas Mining District (Two Heads Mining District), Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10088902, MRDS ID #M800424.
 
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