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Malachite from
Robinson Property, Placerville Mining District, Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Property
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Robinson Property, Placerville Mining District, Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:978746
Long-form Identifier:1:3:978746:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘBlack King Mine (Black King No. 4; Black King No. 5; Black King No. 5 Claim; Unpatented Claims: Black King No. 1; Evans Claims; Weatherly Claims), Placerville Mining District, Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
19.2km (12.0 miles) ⓘZero Mine (Patented Claims: Zero; MS 14800; Edna; MS 14800), Mount Wilson Mining District, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
31.8km (19.8 miles) ⓘBlack Girl mine, Paquin Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
31.9km (19.8 miles) ⓘSlide Mine, Paquin Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
31.9km (19.8 miles) ⓘNews Boy Mine, Paquin Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
31.9km (19.8 miles) ⓘSenorita Mine, Paquin Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
32.0km (19.9 miles) ⓘMineral Farm Mine, Canyon Creek, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
32.3km (20.0 miles) ⓘPony Express Mine, Paquin Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
32.4km (20.1 miles) ⓘNational Belle Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
33.6km (20.9 miles) ⓘBandora Mine (Esmeralda claims; Little Todd vein), South Mineral Creek, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
References
Wilmarth, V. R., and Vickers, R. C., 1953, The Robinson and Weatherly uraniferous pyrobitumen deposits near Placerville, San Miguel County, Colorado: U. S. Geol. Survey open-file report, 47 p.
 
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