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Chrysocolla from
Saginaw Mine, Big Hole Divide Area, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
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 Saginaw Mine, Big Hole Divide Area, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:500489
Long-form Identifier:1:3:500489:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
12.0km (7.4 miles) ⓘJahnke Mine, Beaverhead Mining District (Dark Horse Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
17.8km (11.0 miles) ⓘVirginia Mine, Sandy Creek Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
21.1km (13.1 miles) ⓘAnderson Occurrence (Geertson Creek Claims), Eldorado Mining District (Geertson Mining District), Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
22.8km (14.2 miles) ⓘBell Mine (Bell Placer), Freeman Creek, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
24.0km (14.9 miles) ⓘFreeman Gulch Placer (Bell Mine Placer), Carmen Creek Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
24.1km (15.0 miles) ⓘAjax Mine (Carrie Leonard), Beaverhead Mining District (Dark Horse Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
27.7km (17.2 miles) ⓘIdaho Pride claims Group (Azurite and Stage Coach Claims; G & P), Horseshoe Bend Creek, McDevitt Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
28.8km (17.9 miles) ⓘBlue Bird Mine, McDevitt Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘWonder Mine (Wonder Lodes Nos. 1 to 5 and Buckhorn Claims), McDevitt Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
36.6km (22.8 miles) ⓘPope-Shenon Mine, Sal Mountain, Salmon, Eureka Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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