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Sphalerite from
Christmas open pit, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Junitoite
Smectite Group
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Christmas open pit, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:219201
Long-form Identifier:1:3:219201:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘChristmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) ⓘAdjust Mine (Adjust group; Mellor claims; Little Treasure Mine; Blue Bird vein; Silver Cross claims; Laurence Mine; Old Odell), Lee Mountain area, Saddle Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘSaddle Mountain Mine group (Lola claims; Gila Copper Sulphide Co. property; Dye vein), Lee Mountain area, Saddle Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘ79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
14.6km (9.1 miles) ⓘDripping Springs Mines (Dripping Springs claims; Cocreham and Haywood Mine; Gold Nugget Mine; Gold Queen Mine; Columbia Mine; Roundtop Mine), Dripping Springs, Dripping Spring Wash, Dripping Springs Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘSilver Creek Mine (Hanna property; Old McGraw property; Manifest Mining Co. claims), El Capitan Mountain, El Capitan Mining District, Mescal Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
20.9km (13.0 miles) ⓘElder Gulch prospects, Tiger Mountain area, Dripping Springs Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
20.9km (13.0 miles) ⓘFlorence Mine (Florence Lead Silver Mine), Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘPioneer Mine (Great Republic Mine; Old Pioneer; White Metal; White Metal Mining Co. claims; Great Republic patent MS 370; Devine property; Pioneer South patent MS 374), Pioneer Mountain, Pinal Mountains Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
22.6km (14.0 miles) ⓘOld Ripsey Mine (Ripsey Mine; Ripsey Canyon Mine; MS 1261a claim), Ripsey Wash, Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
Williams, Sidney A. (1976) Junitoite, a new hydrated calcium zinc silicate from Christmas, Arizona. American Mineralogist, 61 (11-12) 1255-1258
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.264
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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