| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Brochantite |
| Formula: | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
| Habit: | to 8cm |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Azurite | 13 |
| Dickite | 6 |
| Volborthite | 4 |
| Quartz | 3 |
| Cuprite | 1 |
| Goethite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Brochantite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (88 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 560581 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:560581:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Brochantite |
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| 37.6km (23.4 miles) | ⓘReef Mine, Carr Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA |
| 39.9km (24.8 miles) | ⓘUnnamed copper prospect, Brown Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA |
| 60.5km (37.6 miles) | ⓘCole Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA |
| 60.6km (37.7 miles) | ⓘJuniper Flats, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA |
| 60.7km (37.7 miles) | ⓘShattuck Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA |
| 61.2km (38.0 miles) | ⓘSouthwest Mine, Hendricks Gulch, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA |
| 61.4km (38.1 miles) | ⓘCopper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA |
| 61.5km (38.2 miles) | ⓘUnnamed prospects, Juniper Flats, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA |
| 62.0km (38.5 miles) | ⓘLavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA |
| 62.1km (38.6 miles) | ⓘJunction Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA |
| References |
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Valencia, V. A., Noguez-Alcántara, B., Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Gehrels, G., Quintanar, F., & Valencia-Moreno, M. (2006). Geocronología de Re-Os en molibdenita y LA-ICPMS-MC U-Pb en circón para el pórfido cuprífero de Milpillas: aportaciones para esclarecer la evolución temporal de la mineralización en el Distrito de Cananea, Sonora, México. Revista mexicana de ciencias geológicas, 23(1), 39-53. |
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Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico