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Chrysocolla from
Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA


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Chrysocolla

Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits, Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
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Chrysocolla

Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits, Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
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Chrysocolla

Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits, Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Comments:Occurs banded with malachite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Malachite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Carbonatecyanotrichite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Engles Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:64151
Long-form Identifier:1:3:64151:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘLights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
63.5km (39.5 miles) ⓘMohawk Mine, Adams Peak, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
63.6km (39.6 miles) ⓘPerry Jones group, Red Rock area, Chilcoot, Plumas County, California, USA
63.9km (39.7 miles) ⓘEl Dorado Mine (Duffay Mine), Adams Peak, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
64.4km (40.0 miles) ⓘMurdock Mine [2] (Plumas Jumbo Mine), Adams Peak, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
64.7km (40.2 miles) ⓘLodi No. 4 Mine (Lodi No. 4 claim), Adams Peak, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
References
Dana, Edward Salisbury; Dana, James Dwight (1892) A System of Mineralogy (6th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Kunz, George F. (1905) Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California. Bulletin 37 (2nd ed.) California State Mining Bureau
Graton, Louis Caryl, McLaughlin, D. H. (1917) Ore deposition and enrichment at Engels, California. Economic Geology, 12 (1) 1-38 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.12.1.1p.20
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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