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Chrysocolla from
Detroit Mine (Detroit Copper Mine; Detroit Copper claim; Sterling Mine), Copper Mountain, Jordan Mining District, Mono County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Detroit Mine (Detroit Copper Mine; Detroit Copper claim; Sterling Mine), Copper Mountain, Jordan Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:668546
Long-form Identifier:1:3:668546:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘSantiago prospect (Cuba Havana), Copper Mountain, Jordan Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘGoleta Consolidated Mine (Goleta Mine; Copper Mountain Mine), Copper Mountain, Jordan Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
54.1km (33.6 miles) ⓘWest Willys claim, Washington Mining District, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
61.8km (38.4 miles) ⓘTeddy claim, Washington Mining District, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
68.8km (42.8 miles) ⓘDiana Mine, Diana-Kerrick group, Diana Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
69.0km (42.9 miles) ⓘStar prospect, Mount Grant Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
70.0km (43.5 miles) ⓘComanche Mine (Kerrick Mine; Comanche & Kerrick Mine), Diana-Kerrick group, Diana Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
71.9km (44.7 miles) ⓘLong Chance & Vanelmart Mine (Long Chance Mine; Vanelmart Mine; Last Chance Mine), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
74.0km (46.0 miles) ⓘJackrabbit Mine, Pine Grove Hills, Wilson Mining District, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
74.0km (46.0 miles) ⓘJack Pot Mine (Jack Pot claim), Desert Creek Ranch, Wilson Mining District, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
References
Whiting, H.A. (1888), Mono County, California: California Mining Bureau. Report 8: 364
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 253.
 
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