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

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

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

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

Malachite

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

Malachite, etc.

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

Malachite

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

Malachite, etc.

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

Malachite

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

Malachite

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

Malachite

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

Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	Malachite
Formula:	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂
Comments:	Magnificent specimens.
Habit:	Botryoidal, mamillary, masses, sometimes banded with azurite.
Quality for species:	Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:	Azurite Chalcoalumite Limonite Paramelaconite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Azurite	251
Calcite	42
Cuprite	29
Chalcoalumite	26
Goethite	11
Limonite	9
Native Copper	9
Brochantite	6
Chrysocolla	5
Connellite	4
Spangolite	4
Gibbsite	3
Hoganite	2
Psilomelane	2
Paramelaconite	2
Wulfenite	2
Aurichalcite	2
Tenorite	1
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (59 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	7389
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:7389:9
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Localities for Malachite 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 Malachite

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
0.6km (0.4 miles)	ⓘ Hendricks Mine, Hendricks Gulch, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles)	ⓘ Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles)	ⓘ Twilight Mine, Higgins Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles)	ⓘ Holbrook Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles)	ⓘ Shattuck Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles)	ⓘ Irish Mag Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles)	ⓘ Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles)	ⓘ Lowell Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
Dana 6:1093 Kunz, G.F. (1885), On remarkable copper minerals from AZ, Annals N.Y. Acad. Sci.: 3: 275-278 Douglas, J. (1899), The Copper Queen mine, AZ, A.I.M.E. Trans.: 29: 511-546 Ransome, F.L. (1903b), The copper deposits of Bisbee, AZ, Engr. Mining Jour.: 75: 444 Lindgren, W. (1904), The genesis of copper deposits, Engr. Mining Jour.: 78: 987 *Palache, Charles, Lewis, Lyman W. (1927) Crystallography of azurite from Tsumeb, Southwest Africa, and the axial ratio of azurite. American Mineralogist, 12 (4) 99-143* (115,141) *Frondel, Clifford (1941) Paramelaconite: a tetragonal oxide of copper. American Mineralogist, 26 (11) 657-672* Palache, Charles; Berman, Harry; Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons. Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 27, 53. *Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona* (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.**p.285

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

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