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Sphalerite from
Dives Mine (Bear Cave Mine; Porter Mine; Emma Mine; Nettle Mine; Nobbey Mine), Dos Cabezas Mining District (Two Heads Mining District), Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise 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 Dives Mine (Bear Cave Mine; Porter Mine; Emma Mine; Nettle Mine; Nobbey Mine), Dos Cabezas Mining District (Two Heads Mining District), Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:224381
Long-form Identifier:1:3:224381:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘDos Cabezas project (Gold Prince Mine; Henry Clay Mine; Pat Price Mine; Bain Mine; Murphy Mine; Basin Mine), Dos Cabezas, Dos Cabezas Mining District (Two Heads Mining District), Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘLeRoy Mine (Le Roy Mine; Le Roy property), LeRoy Mine group, Dos Cabezas, Dos Cabezas Mining District (Two Heads Mining District), Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘGold Farm Mine (Gold Farm claim), Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘAustin Mine, Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
9.9km (6.1 miles) ⓘSilver Strike Mine (Silverstrike Mine; Devonian group; Cawood Mine; Tennessee shaft), Government Peak, Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘApache Pass, Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘSilver Bell prospect (Silver Bell claims; Ella shaft), Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
20.3km (12.6 miles) ⓘBowie claims, Bowie Mountain, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
32.4km (20.1 miles) ⓘKing of Lead Mine (King of Lead group; Windes Mine; Morrow Mine; Taylor Mine; Pursley Mine; Queen of Sheba claim), Cochise Head, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘWillie Rose Mine, Cochise Head, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
Drewes, H., et al (1988), Volcanic and Structural Controls of Mineralization in the Dos Cabezas Mountains of SE AZ, USGS Bull. 1676: 20.
 
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