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Chrysocolla from
Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Shattuckite48
Quartz44
Malachite20
Plancheite10
Azurite1
Dickite1
Dioptase1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:560583
Long-form Identifier:1:3:560583:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
19.7km (12.2 miles) Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
35.0km (21.7 miles) Nelly James Mine, Miller Canyon, Miller Peak, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
37.3km (23.2 miles) Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
49.0km (30.4 miles) Basin Mine group, Wieland group (Wieland group claims), Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
49.0km (30.5 miles) Dewey Mine (Dewey prospect; Dewey claim; Javelina Mine), Basin Mine group, Wieland group (Wieland group claims), Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
51.3km (31.9 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
51.7km (32.1 miles) Flux Mine, Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
57.8km (35.9 miles) Bradford Mine, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
57.9km (36.0 miles) Castle Butte Mine, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
59.7km (37.1 miles) J.C. Holmes Mine, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
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