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Locality Name:
Lady Franklin Camp, Kingston District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36236
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36236.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lady Franklin Camp, Kingston District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Black Colt Mine
Bullion Mine
Caledonia Mine
Climax Mine
Comstock Mine
General Jackson Mine
Gypsy Mine
Iron King Mine
Kangaroo Mine
Lady Franklin Mine
Picket Springs Mine
Stowe Mine
Superior Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 C Ca Cu Fe Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteChalcopyriteNonePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3247101,247104,2471092793
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS2247100,247109312
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2247100,24710727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124710027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124710024243
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312471061425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124710039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124710761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)4247100,247104,247107,2471091711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)5247100,247101,247104,247107,247109969
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124710021482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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