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Sphalerite from
Yuba Mine (Inghram Mine), Hughes Gulch, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima 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 Yuba Mine (Inghram Mine), Hughes Gulch, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:178576
Long-form Identifier:1:3:178576:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.7km (0.5 miles) ⓘQuebec Mine, N Gulch, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘRoyal Mountain Mine, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘEnzenberg Mine (Mountain King Mine; Silver Butte Mine [?]), Castle Dome, Enzenberg Canyon, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘSt. Louis Mine (Morning Star Mine; Isabel), St. Louis Gulch, Hughes Gulch, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
10.4km (6.4 miles) ⓘRidley Mine, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
10.5km (6.6 miles) ⓘEclipse Mine group, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘOmega Mine, Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
10.7km (6.7 miles) ⓘExile King Mine, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘMohawk Mine, Helvetia Wash, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
11.0km (6.8 miles) ⓘLeader Mine, Leader Hill, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Hill, J.M. (1910), Notes on the placer deposits of Greaterville, AZ, USGS Bull. 430
Schrader (1915): 156-157
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 121 (Table 4)
(n.d.) ADMMR Mines Database, Arizona Geological Survey.
 
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