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Sphalerite from
Wilkinson prospect, Hinchinbrooke Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wilkinson prospect, Hinchinbrooke Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1531091
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1531091:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘSlave Lake deposit, Sheffield Township, Stone Mills Township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘLong Lake Zinc Mine (Richardson Zinc Mine; Lynx Mine), Olden Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
18.6km (11.6 miles) ⓘThirty Island Zn occurrence, Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
21.6km (13.4 miles) ⓘSpry prospect, Kaladar Township, Addington Highlands Township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘHickey-Murphy Lead Mine, Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘFrontenac Lead Mine (Frontenac Draper Lake Mine), Loughborough Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘEmery prospect, Kennebec Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
32.6km (20.2 miles) ⓘGolden Fleece Mine, Kaladar Township, Addington Highlands Township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada
32.7km (20.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed gold occurrence, Kaladar Township, Addington Highlands Township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada
34.5km (21.4 miles) ⓘCobalt-Frontenac occurrence, Barrie Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
References
Peck, W. H., Rathkopf, C. A., Mathur, R. D., & Matt, P. D. (2022). Stable isotope (C, O, S, and Zn) geochemistry of marble-hosted exhalative zinc deposits in the Central Metasedimentary Belt, Grenville Province, Canada: Insights into ore deposition and tectonic setting. Ore Geology Reviews, 105057.
 
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