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K Feldspar from
Commonwealth Mine, Pearce, Pearce Mining District, Pearce Hills, Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


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K Feldspar

Commonwealth Mine, Pearce, Pearce Mining District, Pearce Hills, Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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K Feldspar, etc.

Commonwealth Mine, Pearce, Pearce Mining District, Pearce Hills, Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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K Feldspar

Commonwealth Mine, Pearce, Pearce Mining District, Pearce Hills, Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
02103890017366200408799.jpg
K Feldspar, etc.

Commonwealth Mine, Pearce, Pearce Mining District, Pearce Hills, Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
06004890017272019691451.jpg
K Feldspar

Commonwealth Mine, Pearce, Pearce Mining District, Pearce Hills, Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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K Feldspar, etc.

Commonwealth Mine, Pearce, Pearce Mining District, Pearce Hills, Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'K Feldspar' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1
Mimetite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view K Feldspar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Commonwealth Mine, Pearce, Pearce Mining District, Pearce Hills, Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1359628
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1359628:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of K Feldspar
31.3km (19.4 miles) ⓘKeystone Mine (Hagerman Mine; Hagerman shaft; Bannon group), Dragoon, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
32.1km (19.9 miles) ⓘGrand Central Mine, Contention-Grand Central Mine group, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
Luetcke, Rolf (n.d.) Personal communication.
Howell, K.K. (1977) Geology and alteration of the Commonwealth mine, Cochise County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 225 p.
 
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