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Sphalerite from
Copper Chief Mine, Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Comments:Occurs as bands in low-grade pyrite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Chalcopyrite
Pyrite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Chief Mine, Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:222976
Long-form Identifier:1:3:222976:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘJerome Verde Mine (Jerome Verde group; Main Top claim; Columbia claim; Main Top ore body), Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘUnited Verde Extension Mine (Little Daisy group of claims), Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘUnited Verde Mine, Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘBrindle Pup Mine (Brindle Pup prospect), Cottonwood, Black Hills Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘHaynes orebody, West United Verde Company property (Jerome-Victor group; United Verde Extension property; Monarch Copper Co. property; Haynes shaft; Gold King), Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
9.1km (5.6 miles) ⓘSitting Bull Mine (Patented claim 939), Cherry, Cherry Creek Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘShylock Mine, Black Hills Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘPeters Silver Mine (Peters Silver property), Davis, Mineral Point Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
26.8km (16.7 miles) ⓘIron King Mine (Lime Rock Patented claim 1714; Copper Platter Patented claim 1714; Patented claims 1714), Humboldt, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
28.4km (17.6 miles) ⓘArizona National Mine (Anderson Mine), Silver Belt-McCabe vein, Galena Gulch area, McCabe, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Lindgren, W. (1926), USGS Bull. 782: 91-92
Galbraith, F.W. (1947), Minerals of AZ, AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 153: 19.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.328
 
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