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Malachite from
Bagdad-Chase Mine (Barstow mill; Camp Rochester; Pacific Mine; Pacific Mines; Roosevelt Consolidated Mine; Buckeye-Stedman-Bagdad Chase Mine), Stedman, Stedman District (Ludlow; Rochester; Buckeye), Bullion Mts (Bullion Range), San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
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 Bagdad-Chase Mine (Barstow mill; Camp Rochester; Pacific Mine; Pacific Mines; Roosevelt Consolidated Mine; Buckeye-Stedman-Bagdad Chase Mine), Stedman, Stedman District (Ludlow; Rochester; Buckeye), Bullion Mts (Bullion Range), San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:478337
Long-form Identifier:1:3:478337:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
20.4km (12.7 miles) ⓘDish Hill Crater (Dish Hill; Siberia Hill; Siberia Hill Crater), Trojan, San Bernardino County, California, USA
26.3km (16.3 miles) ⓘOld Dominion Mine, Broadwell Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA
29.4km (18.3 miles) ⓘHercules Mine (Hercules group), Hikorum District, Bristol Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
33.5km (20.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed Cu occurrence [4], Sunshine Peak, Lava Beds District (Newberry District), Lava Bed Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
41.7km (25.9 miles) ⓘCopper Strand Mine (Independence Mine; Henry and Lee Mine; Haney and Lee), Rodman Mountains high point, Rodman Mountains, Belleville Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
48.4km (30.1 miles) ⓘL. and L. Mine (L & L), Rodman Mountains, Belleville Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
49.0km (30.4 miles) ⓘCave Canyon Mine (Cave Canyon Iron Ore deposits; Cave Canyon Iron deposit; Baxter; Basin), Cave Canyon District, Cave Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
59.2km (36.8 miles) ⓘPhiladelphia Fluorspar deposit (Providence Mountain Mine; Providence Mountain Fluorspar deposit), Arrowhead Spring, Arrowhead District (Arrow District), San Bernardino County, California, USA
60.8km (37.8 miles) ⓘOrd Mountain Mine (Ord Mountain Mine System; Ord Mine; Ord Mountain deposits; Osborn; Rio Vista claim; Brilliant claim; Josephine claim; Belgium claim; Copper Junction claim), Ord Mountain, Ord Mountains, Ord Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
60.8km (37.8 miles) ⓘEngland claim, Ord Mountain Mine (Ord Mountain Mine System; Ord Mine; Ord Mountain deposits; Osborn; Rio Vista claim; Brilliant claim; Josephine claim; Belgium claim; Copper Junction claim), Ord Mountain, Ord Mountains, Ord Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
Bulletin of the Mineralogical Society of Southern California, Vol. 76 No. April 2006
Robert M. Housley (2005) Recent rare mineral finds in southern California and Nevada desert mines. Abstracts from the 2005 Desert Symposium. California State University, Desert Studies Consortium and LSA Associates, Inc.
 
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