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Chrysocolla from
Moss Mine, Gold Road Mining District, Oatman Mining District, Black Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Moss Mine, Gold Road Mining District, Oatman Mining District, Black Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:351237
Long-form Identifier:1:3:351237:1
GUID (UUID V4):ca6e5f10-b42d-4290-93a7-4b313db245c8
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
8.9km (5.6 miles) United Western Mine (Western Apex Mine; Western Mine; K&W Mine; Hallsworth lode), Oatman, Oatman Mining District, Black Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
37.4km (23.2 miles) Emerald Isle Mine, Wallapai Mining District, Cerbat Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
41.5km (25.8 miles) COD Mine (C.O.D. Mine), Stockton Hill, Stockton Hill Mining District (Stockton Camp Mining District), Wallapai Mining District, Cerbat Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
54.0km (33.6 miles) Leiser Ray Mine (Lester Ray-Goffs Mine; Camp Signal Mine; Vanadium King Mine), Signal Hill, Piute Range [N], Signal Mining District (Vontrigger Mining District), San Bernardino County, California, USA
54.7km (34.0 miles) Chief of the Hills mine, Searchlight Mining District, Clark County, Nevada, USA
58.0km (36.1 miles) Quartette Mine, Searchlight Deposit, Searchlight Mining District, Clark County, Nevada, USA
58.6km (36.4 miles) Good Hope Mine (Phoenix mine), Searchlight Mining District, Clark County, Nevada, USA
58.7km (36.5 miles) Boston mine, Searchlight Mining District, Clark County, Nevada, USA
58.8km (36.5 miles) Duplex mine, Searchlight Deposit, Searchlight Mining District, Clark County, Nevada, USA
59.2km (36.8 miles) Cyrus Noble mine, Searchlight Mining District, Clark County, Nevada, USA
References
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to hunt for Diamonds in the American pearls Black light for your minerals 50 Locations in which...beautifully hasn't thrilled to the sight of mounted in gold or or silver, some lovely gem, against lying...every blood red glow, every touch of green, blue, gold or royal purple. Gem stones have been the treasures...angular, banded structure) tube, banded, moss cation (moss-like), will be frequently misled All topaz...certain rock formations, some is a saying that gold is where you nature has not scattered her treasures
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MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony, John W (John Williams), 1920-. QE375...HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish Rule Arizona as a
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THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD ! RIZONA~VI CONTENTS Arizona-VI (Introduction) ............. ... ................ 483 W. E. Wilson The Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona ............ .. ........... ............... .. ........ 484 W. E. Wilson The Arizona Silver Belt; Silver King to McMillenville .................. ..... 507 L. Presmyk The Flux Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona ............................. ......531 W. E. Wilson & M. Hay The Carlota Mine, Gila County, Arizona ............................. .. ..
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OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W. Anthony Joh n Sidney A. Williams...of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals—Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
Report (issue)
ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING by Eldred D. Wilson, J. B. Cunningham, and G. M. Butler Bulletin...Bulletin 137 Revised 1967 Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Geological Survey Branch A...Division of the University of Arizona Tucson ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING by Eldred D. Wilson, J...J. B. Cunningham, and G. M. Butler State of Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Geological...Geological Survey Branch 845 N. Park Ave., Tucson, Arizona 85719 Bulletin 137 Revised 1967 Reprinted 1983
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United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union Road St. Louis, Missouri 63125 first printing December..............................................13 Arizona ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ...................................................................14 Arizona – Apache Co. Mining Districts ..........................
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Residents of Arizona MINERALS OF ARIZONA by Frederic W. Galbraith and Daniel J. Brennan THE ARIZONA BUREAU...UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA TUCSON FOREWORD As a service about mineral matters in Arizona, the Arizona Bureau of...University of Arizona, is pleased to reprint the long-standing booklet on MINERALS OF ARIZONA. This basic...Dr. Frederic W. Galbraith, as a bulletin of the Arizona Bureau of Mines. It has moved through several editions...released in its Fourth Edition as Bulletin 181, Arizona Bureau of Mines. The comprehensive coverage of
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MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION V e a o_ of li rizo TI RAYMOND W. GRANT RONALD B. GIBBS...CALLAHAN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON f -- The University of Arizona Press www.uapress.arizona...arizona.edu © 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
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protectingly to hold The sunlight in this gallant desert gold. Warm on my heart as sun-washed sand at noon. Poignant...of a dreamer's mood— A desert idyl off the beaten road. Santa Ana, California He was called by some a...parchment old; And he spoke of the different kinds of gold. A wide oak's verdure canopies the sun Where cobbled...was the gold from ore Which a man might have and still be poor, Unless it were mixed with a gold within...its sand To be gleaned, when the moon was a full gold band. THE ROCK COLLECTOR By WILD A BESSIE TOTTEN
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the land rises abruptly into the 6,000 sq. mi. Black Hills region enclosed by the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne...Cheyenne rivers. These pine covered mountains, higher than the Alleghenies, culminate in Harney Peak...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...huge crystals of sparkling blue Beryl from the Black Hills pegmatites have measured from 18’ to 27’ long...The commercial production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc
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collecting. Although Texas is not known for its mining industry, be­ cause of its large oil and gas exploration...Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan in 1938. The Terlingua mining district...minerals. Mining here was contin­ uous from 1900 to the middle 1940s; but the Mariposa mine, which produced...earlier. So Terlingua minerals, many of which turn black on exposure, are extremely difficult to obtain today...& Minerals on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991)
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Rock-Hunter's Range Guide Petrified Forest Trails Arizona Gem Trails and the Colorado Desert of California...Minerals in L.\merica Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida...Check of Common Minerals Common Fluorescent Minerals Gold Panning Values Colors and Symbols on a Geologic...bodies. At a time when Neolithic man was picking up gold and copper nuggets to be hammered into ornaments...amethyst, and rock crystal-all mounted in heavy gold settings that were further decorated with blue enamel
 
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