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Sphalerite from
Madenköy Mine, Çayeli District, Rize Province, Turkey


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Madenköy Mine, Çayeli District, Rize Province, Turkey
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:123167
Long-form Identifier:1:3:123167:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘÇayeli Deposit, Çayeli Camp, Çayeli District, Rize Province, Turkey
30.5km (18.9 miles) ⓘMuşkale deposit, Tunca Camp, Ardeşen District, Rize Province, Turkey
32.1km (20.0 miles) ⓘTunca Deposit, Tunca Camp, Ardeşen District, Rize Province, Turkey
32.2km (20.0 miles) ⓘŞenyuva deposit, Tunca Camp, Ardeşen District, Rize Province, Turkey
53.0km (32.9 miles) ⓘUlutaş Cu deposit, Kirazlı, İspir District, Erzurum Province, Turkey
53.7km (33.4 miles) ⓘKutlular mine, Trabzon Province, Turkey
57.7km (35.9 miles) ⓘKonaklı Deposit, Hopa Camp, Hopa District, Artvin Province, Turkey
57.8km (35.9 miles) ⓘGüneşli Deposit, Hopa Camp, Hopa District, Artvin Province, Turkey
59.0km (36.6 miles) ⓘKutonit Deposit, Hopa Camp, Hopa District, Artvin Province, Turkey
61.3km (38.1 miles) ⓘSivrikaya Deposit, Hopa Camp, Hopa District, Artvin Province, Turkey
References
Mineral Res Expl. Bul., 129, 1-16, 2004
Özgür, N. (1993): Resource Geology, Special Issue 17, 180-185.
Akinci, O. T. (2009). Ophiolite-hosted copper and gold deposits of Southeastern Turkey: formation and relationship with seafloor hydrothermal processes. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 18(4), 475-509.
 
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