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Chrysocolla from
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

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Chrysocolla, etc.

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

Chrysocolla, etc.

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

Chrysocolla, etc.

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

Chrysocolla, etc.

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

Chrysocolla, etc.

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

Chrysocolla, etc.

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

Chrysocolla, etc.

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

Chrysocolla, etc.

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

Locality type:

Mine

Classification

Species:

Chrysocolla

Formula:

Cu_2-xAl_x(H_2-xSi₂O₅)(OH)₄ · nH₂O, x < 1

Comments:

Occurs as thin shells surrounding black tenorite nodules.

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Associated Minerals:

Associates:

Dioptase
Plancheite
Tenorite
Wherryite

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

Wulfenite

ⓘ5 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Wulfenite at this locality.

Azurite

ⓘ4 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Azurite at this locality.

Dioptase

ⓘ4 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Dioptase at this locality.

Quartz

ⓘ3 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Quartz at this locality.

Fluorite

ⓘ2 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Fluorite at this locality.

Malachite

ⓘ1 photo of Chrysocolla associated with Malachite at this locality.

Hematite

ⓘ1 photo of Chrysocolla associated with Hematite at this locality.

Bromian Chlorargyrite

ⓘ1 photo of Chrysocolla associated with Bromian Chlorargyrite at this locality.

Cerussite

ⓘ1 photo of Chrysocolla associated with Cerussite at this locality.

Creaseyite

ⓘ1 photo of Chrysocolla associated with Creaseyite at this locality.

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

31611

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:31611:4

GUID (UUID V4):

fa8a3863-d3f5-480d-a839-5f7b44e48dbf

Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla

1.1km (0.7 miles)

ⓘ Ford Mine (Ford property; Old Glory 1-5 claims; Mammoth Tiger Extension Mining Corp. property), Tucson Wash, Mammoth, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

4.2km (2.6 miles)

ⓘ Kalamazoo orebody, San Manuel Mine (Apex Lead & Vanadium Mining Corp Mine; Quarelli group), San Manuel, San Manuel Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

5.0km (3.1 miles)

ⓘ Unnamed copper prospect (47), Signal Peak area, Black Hills, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

5.3km (3.3 miles)

ⓘ Hatch Mine (Harvey Hatcher Mine; Hatch group), Signal Peak area, Black Hills, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

5.9km (3.7 miles)

ⓘ Pearl Mine (Pearl property; Pearl vein; Monarch group; Dripping Springs property; Cuba Mine; Magoris Mine; Matt Tar property), Signal Peak area, Black Hills, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

18.8km (11.7 miles)

ⓘ Old Reliable Mine (Reliable Mine; Calumet Mine; Clark-Scanlon group; Copper Creek Mining Co. property), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA

19.2km (12.0 miles)

ⓘ Little Hill Mine, Oracle, Oracle Mining District (Control Mining District; Old Hat Mining District; Santa Catalina Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA

20.9km (13.0 miles)

ⓘ Blue Bird Mine (Bluebird Mine; Zilla Mine; Twin-S Mine; Cumberland Mine; Thornewood Mine; Blue Bird Silver Mining Co. property), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA

21.1km (13.1 miles)

ⓘ Unnamed copper prospect (44), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA

22.1km (13.7 miles)

ⓘ Table Mountain Mine, Table Mountain area, Table Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

References

Peterson, N.P. (1938b), Geology and Ore deposits of the Mammoth mining camp area, Pinal Co., AZ, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 144

Galbraith, F.W. & T.H. Kuhn (1940), A new occurrence of dioptase in AZ, Am.Min.: 25: 708-710

Fahey, Joseph J., Daggett, E. B., Gordon, Samuel G. (1950) Wherryite, a new mineral from Mammoth Mine, Arizona. American Mineralogist, 35 (1-2) 93-98

Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 27, 67.

Bideaux, Richard A. (1980) Famous Mineral Localities: Tiger, Arizona. The Mineralogical Record, 11 (3) 155-181

Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 141, 174, 391

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Chrysocolla from Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

Chrysocolla from
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA