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Chrysocolla from
Big Steve Mine, Pena Blanca Lake, Big Steve - White Oak group, Pajarito Mining District, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, 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 Big Steve Mine, Pena Blanca Lake, Big Steve - White Oak group, Pajarito Mining District, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:530176
Long-form Identifier:1:3:530176:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘWhite Oak Mine, Walker Canyon, Big Steve - White Oak group, Pajarito Mining District, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
25.4km (15.8 miles) ⓘYellow Jacket Mine, Yellow Jacket Wash, Bartlett Mountain, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘRobert E. Lee Mine (Bob Lee Mine; Bob Lee and Widow Mine), Tres de Mayo Mine group, Palmetto District, Fresno Canyon, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
29.6km (18.4 miles) ⓘBradford Mine, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
30.5km (19.0 miles) ⓘMontezuma Mine (Empress of India Mine; Queen of Sheba Mine), Grosvenor Hills, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
32.8km (20.4 miles) ⓘEureka-Marble Mine group, Salero Hill (Salero Mountain), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
34.2km (21.3 miles) ⓘFlux Mine, Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘGlove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
34.9km (21.7 miles) ⓘCastle Butte Mine, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
36.0km (22.3 miles) ⓘCerro Colorado Mine (Heintzelman Mine; Silver Queen Mine), Cerro Colorado Mining District, Cerro Colorado Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10109796, MRDS ID #M241355.
 
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