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Sphalerite from
Silver Valley Mine (William and Mary Worth Mine; incl. Ashburton Mine), Sevenstones, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK


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 Silver Valley Mine (William and Mary Worth Mine; incl. Ashburton Mine), Sevenstones, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:197136
Long-form Identifier:1:3:197136:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘWheal Brothers (Wheal Duchy), East Cornwall Silver Mines (St Vincent Great Consols; incl. Wheal Emily; Wheal Georgiana; Wheal Mercer), Wheal Langford (New Wheal Langford; Baring and Langford Mine), Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘSilver Hill Mine (Silverhill Mine), Callington, Cornwall, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘSouth Kit Hill Mine (Cornwall Great Consols), Kit Hill United Mines (incl. Kit Hill Great Consols), Callington, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘKit Hill Wheal Mary (Wheal Tonkin), Wheal Florence (Mary and Florence Consols; Florence and Tonkin United Mine), Callington Consols, Callington, Cornwall, England, UK
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘWheal Florence (Mary and Florence Consols; Florence and Tonkin United Mine), Callington Consols, Callington, Cornwall, England, UK
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘHingston Down Consols, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘRedmoor Mine (East Cornwall United Mines), Callington United Mines (incl. Emmens United Mines), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘEast Holmbush mine, Callington United Mines (incl. Emmens United Mines), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘHingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘHolmbush Mine, Callington United Mines (incl. Emmens United Mines), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Dines, H. G. (1956) The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England (1st ed.) Vol. 2. Geological Survey of Great Britain.pp.633-634
 
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