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Locality Name:
Crown King, Pine Grove District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 64
Youngest recorded age at locality: 64

mindat Locality ID: 31262
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31262.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crown King, Pine Grove District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Crown King Mine (Crowned King Patent MS 1776 Claim; Patented Claims MS 824; 825; 1716)
Fairview Mine (Fairview Tunnel; Fairview Group; Hill Billy Mine; Patented Claims MS 2107 And 3773)
Gorilla Claim
Horse Thief Canyon
Lane Mountain
Lincoln Mine (Rough Rider Patented Claim 1599a; Patented Claims 1599a & 1599b)
Philadelphia Mine (Philadelphia And Nelson Groups; Philadelphia Tunnel; Patented Claims MS 3139a And 3139b And 2823)
Springfield Mine (Springfield Group; Springfield Shaft; Venus Claim; Gorilla Claim)
Tough Mountain Property
War Eagle Gulch

Latitude: 34°12'53"N
Longitude: 112°20'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.214722222222,-112.33805555556
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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteFeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMicaNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitanite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stolzite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)64642147889,1478968803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)646411478932734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)264643147893,147894,1478953092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)6464114789311547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)664641147887413
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)64644147887,147889,147895,14789627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)646411478934979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O64641147896925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S64642147893,1478965707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS264647147887,147888,147889,147891,147894,147896,14789927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O646411478933531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS646411478934165
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2646411478969617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS64643147891,147893,14789424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu64642147887,14789330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36464114789314640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)664642147887,1478932228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O464643147889,147896,14789914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26464114789312537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O64641147887443
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)64641147893362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)264643147889,147894,14789617380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O646411478932994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)64642147889,1478962349
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)66464114789364
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS264646147887,147888,147893,147894,147896,14789939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl646411478931725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO264645147888,147889,147893,147894,14789661156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)646411478996417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS64644147887,147891,147893,14789421482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)64641147893156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13646411478945317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O64642147889,1478964899
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4646411478931655


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG94_211-00022646464Pb-Pb whole rock?CK1    31262Crown King, Pine Grove District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USACrown KingBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 

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