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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1 photo of Chrysocolla associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Opportunity Mine, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1243139
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1243139:1
GUID (UUID V4):67026f83-29de-44d9-8aea-8c6252596ef6
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
0.4km (0.3 miles) Rattlesnake Mine (Snake Mine), Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Wicks Vein (Wicks Mine), Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) Copper Flat, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) Republic Claim, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) Wisconsin Claim, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
18.9km (11.7 miles) Gray Eagle Mine, South Percha Creek, Tierra Blanca Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
18.9km (11.7 miles) Grey Eagle mine, Kingston Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
22.1km (13.8 miles) Blue Bell No. 2 Prospect, Tierra Blanca Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
23.9km (14.8 miles) Patsy Mine, Carpenter Mining District, Grant 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
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