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Malachite from
Independence group (New Dragon No. 4; Independence No. 1 & 2 claims), Baboquivari Mining District, Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


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 Independence group (New Dragon No. 4; Independence No. 1 & 2 claims), Baboquivari Mining District, Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:536702
Long-form Identifier:1:3:536702:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘBonanza Mine (Bonanza vein; SRK Mine; Mitchell Mine; Kerr Mine; Calvillo Mine), Coyote Mining District, Coyote Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
22.3km (13.9 miles) ⓘGiant Mine (Giant Tungsten prospect; Grand Mountain Mine; Grand Mountain claim; Giant Mine; Giant Nos. 3-10), Baboquivari Mining District, Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
24.2km (15.0 miles) ⓘSun-Gold Mine (Sun Gold Mine; Sungold Mine), Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District), Comobabi Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
25.7km (16.0 miles) ⓘMildren Mine (Mildren claim; Mildred Mine), Mildren Mine group, Ko Vaya, Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District), Comobabi Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
28.2km (17.5 miles) ⓘPicacho Mine (Cahuabi Mine; Cababi Mine), Sells, Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District), Comobabi Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
36.0km (22.3 miles) ⓘCopper Glance Mine (Copper Grantz Mine; Copper Grantz and Johnny Mines), Papago Mining District (Sierrita Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘYellow Bird Mine, Lincoln Mine group, Stevens Mountain, Papago Mining District (Sierrita Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
37.8km (23.5 miles) ⓘAguinaldo Mine group (Black Beauty Mine), Stevens Mountain, Papago Mining District (Sierrita Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
38.1km (23.7 miles) ⓘBlack Dike Mine (Black Dike group; Black Dike claim; Black Dike deposit; Black Dyke Mine; Big Dike; Bobson group; Big Dike Apex & Ajax), Papago Mining District (Sierrita Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
42.6km (26.5 miles) ⓘNorth Opening, Silver Hill Mine (Gold Coin Mine), Cerro Colorado Mining District, Cerro Colorado Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10039479, MRDS ID #M050142.
 
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