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Aurichalcite from
Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


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Aurichalcite, etc.

Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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Aurichalcite

Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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Aurichalcite

Holbrook Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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Aurichalcite, etc.

Holbrook Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
03757470017272733071315.jpg
Aurichalcite, etc.

Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
08957880017272009635541.jpg
Aurichalcite

Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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Aurichalcite

Holbrook Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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Aurichalcite, etc.

Holbrook Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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Aurichalcite, etc.

Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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Aurichalcite

Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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Aurichalcite

Holbrook Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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Aurichalcite, etc.

Holbrook Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Aurichalcite
Formula:(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Comments:Occurs in the upper portions of the orebody.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite7
Malachite2
Goethite1
Cuprite1
Azurite1
Limonite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aurichalcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:59263
Long-form Identifier:1:3:59263:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Aurichalcite in this Region
Czar Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Holbrook Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Aurichalcite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘSouthwest Mine, Hendricks Gulch, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘCzar Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘHolbrook Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘCole Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
31.8km (19.8 miles) ⓘGallagher Vanadium & Rare Minerals Corp Mine, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
33.0km (20.5 miles) ⓘWest Side Mine, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
34.2km (21.2 miles) ⓘGleeson Mine, Gleeson, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
34.2km (21.3 miles) ⓘTom Scott Mine, Tejon group (Tejon Mining Company property), Gleeson, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
34.7km (21.6 miles) ⓘSilver Bill Mine, Costello Mine group, Gleeson, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
34.7km (21.6 miles) ⓘDefiance Mine, Costello Mine group, Gleeson, Turquoise Mining District (Courtland-Gleeson Mining District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
Kunz, G.F. (1885), On remarkable copper minerals from AZ, Annals N.Y. Acad. Sci.: 3: 275-278
Ransome, F.L. (1904), The geology and ore deposits of the Bisbee quadrangle, AZ, USGS PP 21: 110
Guild, F. N. (1910) The Mineralogy of Arizona. The Chemical Publishing Co. 103 pp.
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 53.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.122
 
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