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Sphalerite from
El Plomo Mine, Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA


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 El Plomo Mine, Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1745382
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1745382:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘColumbine Mine, Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘGrape Creek Area (Wagner-Grape Creek Lode; See: Hellgate Claims; Bear Claims Old Conac Property), Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘHorseshoe Mine (School Section Deposit), Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘDawson Gold project, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘGreen Mountain Mine (Copper Boy Mine), Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) ⓘEmpire Zinc Mine, Canon City Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
8.6km (5.4 miles) ⓘMorning Star Claims 1943, McIntyre Gulch Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘWar Dance Mine (War Dance Claims), Copper Gulch Area, Deweese Plateau, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘMcClure Gulch carbonatite, McClure Mountain Complex, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘMcClure Mountain, Iron Mountain complex, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
Berke, Edward H., Spry, Paul G., Heimann, Adriana, Teale, Graham S., Johnson, Benjamin, von der Handt, Anette, Alers, Brian, Shallow, John M. (2023) The genesis of metamorphosed Paleoproterozoic massive sulphide occurrences in central Colorado: geological, mineralogical and sulphur isotope constraints. Geological Magazine, 160 (7) 1345-1375 doi:10.1017/s0016756823000407
 
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