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Azurite from
Buchanan Mine (Johnson group; Johnston), Iron Mountain (2), Daulton, Daulton Mining District, Madera County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Azurite
Formula:Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Azurite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Buchanan Mine (Johnson group; Johnston), Iron Mountain (2), Daulton, Daulton Mining District, Madera County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:650773
Long-form Identifier:1:3:650773:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Azurite
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘGreen Monster Mine (Copper Queen Mine; Copper Mountain Mine; Legioneer Mine), Green Mountain, Green Mountain Mining District (Ben Hur Mining District), Mariposa County, California, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) ⓘGood View Mine (Goodview Mine; Copper King claim; Copper King and M. S. Mine; Little Giant claim; Stonewall Jackson claim; Crown Point claim; San Jose claim; Rothschild claim; S. A. claim; Sunset claim), Green Mountain, Green Mountain Mining District (Ben Hur Mining District), Mariposa County, California, USA
9.1km (5.7 miles) ⓘNe Plus Ultra Mine (Daulton Copper Mine; Dalton Mine; Daulton Copper deposit; California Copper Co.), Daulton group, Daulton, Daulton Mining District, Madera County, California, USA
18.7km (11.6 miles) ⓘPocohontas Mine, Copper Hill, Green Mountain Mining District (Ben Hur Mining District), Mariposa County, California, USA
20.4km (12.7 miles) ⓘKrohn and Ward prospect, Adobe Hill, Madera County, California, USA
30.0km (18.6 miles) ⓘOwl Copper Mine (John Diaz Mine), Wildcat Mountain, Cathey Mining District (Cathay Mining District), West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
50.1km (31.1 miles) ⓘLa Victoria Mine, Williams Peak, Hunter Valley Mining District, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
68.5km (42.5 miles) ⓘMcAlpine Mine, Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
69.5km (43.2 miles) ⓘSilver Tip Claim, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
90.5km (56.3 miles) ⓘOhio Diggings Mine (Mackey Ranch Mine; McKay Ranch deposit), Jamestown, Jamestown Mining District, Mother Lode belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
References
Aubury, Lewis E. (1905) The Copper Resources of California. Bulletin 23. California State Mining Bureau pages 218, 220
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 93
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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