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Sphalerite from
WHEX Open Pit (Wild Horse Extension Pit), Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view WHEX Open Pit (Wild Horse Extension Pit), Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1472413
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1472413:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘWPH Mine (W.P.H. Mine), Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘGlobe Hill, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
2.3km (1.5 miles) ⓘOrpha May, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘMoon Anchor Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘDante Mine (Johnson), Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘHull City Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘConundrum Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘMolly Kathleen Mine, Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘVindicator Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘMoose Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
References
Kadel-Harder, I. M. (2020). Mineralogical and geochemical studies of the Globe Hill, Schist Island, and Wild Horse Extension pits, Cripple Creek gold deposit, Colorado (Masters Thesis, Iowa State University).
 
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