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Chrysocolla from
O'Brien Canyon prospect (O'Brien Mine; Silver Crown group of claims), White Top Mountain, Goldbelt Mining District, Cottonwood Mountains, Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Comments:Occurs in veins with fluorite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Azurite
Bornite
Fluorite
Malachite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view O'Brien Canyon prospect (O'Brien Mine; Silver Crown group of claims), White Top Mountain, Goldbelt Mining District, Cottonwood Mountains, Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:643123
Long-form Identifier:1:3:643123:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
22.6km (14.0 miles) ⓘInyo Copper Mines and Smelter Company property, Hunter Mountain, Ubehebe Mining District, Cottonwood Mountains, Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
34.1km (21.2 miles) ⓘCopper Queen-Lucky Boy Mine (Copper Queen Mine), Summit 2347 meters, Nelson Range, Lee Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
39.5km (24.5 miles) ⓘMonster Mine, Keynot Peak, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
41.6km (25.8 miles) ⓘSan Lucas Mine (Perseverance Mine), Cerro Gordo Peak, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
42.5km (26.4 miles) ⓘLee Mine (Emigrant Mine; Silver Reid prospect; Silver Reid Mine), Maltese Hill, Santa Rosa Hills, Lee Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
42.7km (26.6 miles) ⓘBelmont Mine, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
43.1km (26.8 miles) ⓘCerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
44.2km (27.5 miles) ⓘIgnacio Mine (St. Ignacio Mine; Saint Ignacio Mine; Ygnacio Mine), Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
47.4km (29.5 miles) ⓘOriental Wash Prospects, Tokop Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
49.2km (30.6 miles) ⓘSanta Rosa Mine (Lee-Santa Rosa Mine; Santa Rosa Mines), Malpais Mesa, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
References
McAllister, James Franklin (1952), Rocks and structure of the Quartz Spring area, northern Panamint Range, California: California Division Mines Special Report 25, 38 p.: 36
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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