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Malachite from
Alto Mine (Alto vein; Gold Tree Mine; El Plomo Mine), Alto Mine group (Alto vein swarm), Alto Hill, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, 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 Alto Mine (Alto vein; Gold Tree Mine; El Plomo Mine), Alto Mine group (Alto vein swarm), Alto Hill, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:529328
Long-form Identifier:1:3:529328:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘBland Mine (Hogsett Mine), Alto Gulch, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘJersey Girl Mine (Jersey Girl prospect), Toluachi group of claims (Toluachi group; Bonanza tunnel; Tennantite claim), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘThree Star prospect (Riquesa Mine), Wandering Jew Mine group (Stars Mine; Old Fort Tumacacori Mine), Apache Gulch, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘEureka-Marble Mine group, Salero Hill (Salero Mountain), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘViceroy Mine, Squaw Gulch area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘSalero Mine (Darwin Mine; Constitution Mine), Salero Hill (Salero Mountain), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘAmerican Boy Mine (Lost Horse; Rhode Island; Down #1 & #2; Albert Gross; Fraction; New York; American), Piper Gulch, Mansfield Gulch (Mansfield Canyon), Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘMohawk Mine, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) ⓘRhode Island Mine, Josephine Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘConnecticut Mine, Josephine Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10037106, MRDS ID #M030411.
 
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