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Azurite from
Coffee Pot Mine (Coffee Pot prospect; Coffee; Coffey), Obregon, Cargo Muchacho Mining District (Hedges Mining District; Ogilby Mining District), Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Azurite
Formula:Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Azurite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Coffee Pot Mine (Coffee Pot prospect; Coffee; Coffey), Obregon, Cargo Muchacho Mining District (Hedges Mining District; Ogilby Mining District), Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:546201
Long-form Identifier:1:3:546201:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Azurite
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘAmerican Girl Mine (Cargo Mine; Cargo Muchacho Mine), American Girl project, Obregon, Cargo Muchacho Mining District (Hedges Mining District; Ogilby Mining District), Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
21.8km (13.5 miles) ⓘPicacho Copper Mine (Picacho Mine; Picacho Glance; Copper Glance Mine; Copper King Mine), Picacho, Picacho Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
23.3km (14.5 miles) ⓘVolunteer Mine (Volunteer group of claims; Volunteer Group Mine), Quartz Peak, Paymaster Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
23.3km (14.5 miles) ⓘCaveman Mine (Cave Man group of claims; Scudder prospect; Caveman group), Quartz Peak, Paymaster Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘPicacho Copper Mine, Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
29.3km (18.2 miles) ⓘGold Basin Mine (Silver Queen Mine), Buzzards Peak, Paymaster Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
60.0km (37.3 miles) ⓘRed Knob Mine (Red Knob prospect; Red Knob claims), Muggins Mountains uranium prospects, Muggins Mining District, Muggins Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
63.9km (39.7 miles) ⓘBlue Butte prospect, Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Fortuna Mining District (La Fortuna Mining District), Yuma County, Arizona, USA
65.9km (40.9 miles) ⓘAmerican Flag Mine (Hidden Treasure claims), Mule Mountains District (Hodges Mountain District), Riverside County, California, USA
References
Morton, Paul K. (1977) Geology and Mineral Resources of Imperial County California. County Report 7. California Division of Mines and Geologyp.47
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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