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Locality Name:
Comstock Wash, Kings Crown Peak Area, Pioneer District, Pinal Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 274740
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274740.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Comstock Wash, Kings Crown Peak Area, Pioneer District, Pinal Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Silver King Mine (Silver King Mining Co. Property; Fortune Mine; California Mine; White Horse Mine; Seventy-Four Mine; Last Chance Mine)

Latitude: 33°19'49"N
Longitude: 111°5'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.330277777778,-111.08833333333

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovellite
FluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Antimony  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Massicot  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11458762793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11458762734
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb1145876363
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)41145876246
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61145876919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211458765509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114587611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411458765516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114587627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11458764979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11458765707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114587627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11458761382
Copper  (*)CopperCu11458763846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11458764165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11458762970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211458769617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121145876663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114587624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu114587630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114587614640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114587612537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1145876770
Massicot  (*)NonePbO1145876202
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1145876716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114587639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114587661156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11458766417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11458765186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS114587621482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1145876332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311458765317
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1145876605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411458761655



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