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Wulfenite from
Silver King Mine, Comstock Wash, Kings Crown Peak area, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Wulfenite
Formula:Pb(MoO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wulfenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silver King Mine, Comstock Wash, Kings Crown Peak area, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:44084
Long-form Identifier:1:3:44084:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Wulfenite
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘMagma Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘDaggs group of claims, Belmont Mine (Belmont Copper property; Goodwin Mine; Monte Carlo claim; Smith lease; Doggs Mine; Lone Star Mine), Belmont Canyon, Apache Leap, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘBelmont Mine (Belmont Copper property; Goodwin Mine; Monte Carlo claim; Smith lease; Doggs Mine; Lone Star Mine), Belmont Canyon, Apache Leap, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘCrown Point No. 6 claim, Pinto Creek, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘReymert Mine, Reymert Canyon, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘCastle Dome Mine (Castle Dome deposit; Pinto Valley deposit), Castle Dome area (Castle Dome Mine area; Pinto Valley Mine area), Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
20.4km (12.6 miles) ⓘMoney Metals lode (Money Metal shaft; Money Metal property; Slumbering Beauty group; Patented claims MS 2735 / 2736a & b), Myberg Basin, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘDays Peak area veins, Days Peak, Lost Gulch area, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
23.4km (14.5 miles) ⓘGorilla property (Gorilla group 1; Gorilla group 2; Gorilla group 3; Gorilla group 4; Marguerite Lake Mines Ltd. property; Lost Gorilla group; Lew claims; Big Bonanza claims), Mineral Mountain area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
25.0km (15.6 miles) ⓘElder Gulch prospects, Tiger Mountain area, Dripping Springs Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
Bancroft, Peter; Bricker, Garth (1990) Arizona's Silver Mining District. The Mineralogical Record, 21 (2). p.151-168.pp.160-160
 
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