| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Azurite |
| Formula: | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Malachite | 838 |
| Dickite | 91 |
| Baryte | 21 |
| Brochantite | 13 |
| Goethite | 12 |
| Volborthite | 10 |
| Plancheite | 6 |
| Tangeite | 3 |
| Chrysocolla | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Azurite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (583 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 487154 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:487154:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Azurite |
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| 35.0km (21.7 miles) | ⓘNelly James Mine, Miller Canyon, Miller Peak, Cochise County, Arizona, USA |
| 35.4km (22.0 miles) | ⓘBenton Mine (Benton property), San Antonio Canyon, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA |
| 37.3km (23.2 miles) | ⓘDuquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA |
| 37.6km (23.4 miles) | ⓘReef Mine, Carr Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA |
| 37.7km (23.5 miles) | ⓘBelmont Mine (Belmont lease; South Belmont incline; North Belmont shaft; Silver Bill Mine), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA |
| 38.0km (23.6 miles) | ⓘHolland Mine, Duquesne Gulch, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA |
| 39.4km (24.5 miles) | ⓘKansas Mine, Washington Gulch, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA |
| 39.9km (24.8 miles) | ⓘUnnamed copper prospect, Brown Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA |
| 41.9km (26.0 miles) | ⓘWinifred Mine, Mowry Wash, Mowry, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA |
| 43.6km (27.1 miles) | ⓘBuena Vista Mine (Goodview Mine), Providencia Canyon, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA |
| References |
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Valencia, V. A., Noguez-Alcántara, B., Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Gehrels, G., Quintanar, F., & Valencia-Moreno, M. (2006). Geocronología de Re-Os en molibdenita y LA-ICPMS-MC U-Pb en circón para el pórfido cuprífero de Milpillas: aportaciones para esclarecer la evolución temporal de la mineralización en el Distrito de Cananea, Sonora, México. Revista mexicana de ciencias geológicas, 23(1), 39-53. |
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Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico