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Chrysocolla from
Ford Mine, Tucson Wash, Mammoth, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Wulfenite16
Quartz6
Hollandite4
Allophane2
Willemite2
Manganese Oxides1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ford Mine, Tucson Wash, Mammoth, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:444270
Long-form Identifier:1:3:444270:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
1.1km (0.7 miles) Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Unnamed copper prospect (47), Signal Peak area, Black Hills, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
4.3km (2.6 miles) Hatch Mine (Harvey Hatcher Mine; Hatch group), Signal Peak area, Black Hills, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) Kalamazoo orebody, San Manuel Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
5.2km (3.3 miles) Pearl Mine (Pearl property; Pearl vein; Monarch group; Dripping Springs property; Cuba Mine; Magoris Mine; Matt Tar property), Signal Peak area, Black Hills, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) Little Hill Mine, Oracle, Oracle Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
19.9km (12.3 miles) Old Reliable Mine (Reliable Mine; Calumet Mine; Clark-Scanlon group; Copper Creek Mining Co. property), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
21.9km (13.6 miles) Blue Bird Mine (Bluebird Mine; Zilla Mine; Twin-S Mine; Cumberland Mine; Thornewood Mine; Blue Bird Silver Mining Co. property), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) Unnamed copper prospect (44), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
23.1km (14.4 miles) Table Mountain Mine, Table Mountain area, Table Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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