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Azurite from
Opportunity Mine, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Azurite
Formula:Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Azurite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Opportunity Mine, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1243138
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1243138:2
GUID (UUID V4):73560d56-7308-4cc5-ae9f-2f78184d0896
Nearest other occurrences of Azurite
0.4km (0.3 miles) Rattlesnake Mine (Snake Mine), Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Jackpot Mine, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) Garfield Butler Group, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
18.9km (11.7 miles) Grey Eagle mine, Kingston Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
23.9km (14.8 miles) Patsy Mine, Carpenter Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
26.5km (16.4 miles) Caballos Mountain Mining & Leaching Company Property, Pittsburg Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) Oohoo Mine, Caballo Mountains Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
31.3km (19.4 miles) Marian Mine (Marion Mine; Victorio Chief Mine; Victoria Mine; Fidelity group; Marion claim; Ida claim; Cora claim; Rebecca claim; Hillsborough claim), Caballo Mountains Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
40.1km (24.9 miles) Bald Eagle Mine (Minnie Mine), Monument Creek Area, Chloride Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
42.3km (26.3 miles) Copper Rose Mine, San Lorenzo, Georgetown Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
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