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Sphalerite from
Dixie Mine (Dixie Queen Mine), Mount Wrightson, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, 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 Dixie Mine (Dixie Queen Mine), Mount Wrightson, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:174980
Long-form Identifier:1:3:174980:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘAmerican Boy Mine (Lost Horse; Rhode Island; Down #1 & #2; Albert Gross; Fraction; New York; American), Piper Gulch, Mansfield Gulch (Mansfield Canyon), Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘHosey Mine group, Mansfield Gulch (Mansfield Canyon), Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘDouble Header Mine (Double Header prospect), Anaconda Mine group, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘSt. Louis Mine (St. Louis prospect), Anaconda Mine group, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘLead King Mine (O'Neals Mine), Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘBlack Diamond Mine, Montosa Mine (Montosa group of claims), Montosa Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘSan Ramon Mine group, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘArizona-Pittsburg Mine, Bond Canyon, Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘVictor Mine (Bowling Green patented claim), Squaw Gulch area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘMansfield Mine group (Mansfield No. 1 and 2), Mansfield Gulch (Mansfield Canyon), Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 89 (Table 4)
(n.d.) ADMMR Mines Database, Arizona Geological Survey.
 
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