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Sphalerite from
Irene Mine (Irene group/vein; Dunkirk & Kentucky claims; Comstock prop.; American Manganese Mine; Liberty dep.; New Doughboy; Old Doughboy), Irene Gulch, Midland City, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Comments:Identified in deep vein core samples (800 feet below adit level), associaed with specularite.
Colour:Light colored
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Galena
Specularite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Irene Mine (Irene group/vein; Dunkirk & Kentucky claims; Comstock prop.; American Manganese Mine; Liberty dep.; New Doughboy; Old Doughboy), Irene Gulch, Midland City, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:276145
Long-form Identifier:1:3:276145:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘMineral Farm Mine (Mineral Farms group; Mineral Farm group; Moonlight & Mineral Farm group; Eagle Pass group of claims; Moonlight; Bennett), Big Johnnie Gulch, Copper Hill, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘOld Dominion Mine, Buffalo Hill, Old Dominion vein system, Globe, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘSilver Glance Mine (Ramboz deposit; Ramboz vein; Rambo group [in part]; Silver Glance deposit; Racine Mines group; Dynomite Mine), Rescue Canyon, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘApache Mine, Radium, Burch area, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘCopper Cities Mine, Copper Cities Mine area, Sleeping Beauty Peak, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘCedar Tree claim (Cedar Tree deposit; Porphyry Reserve Copper Co. claims; Bessie claim group; Louis D'Or group), Claypool, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘMiami East Mine, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
11.8km (7.4 miles) ⓘMoney Metals lode (Money Metal shaft; Money Metal property; Slumbering Beauty group; Patented claims MS 2735 / 2736a & b), Myberg Basin, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘCastle Dome Mine (Castle Dome deposit; Pinto Valley deposit), Castle Dome area (Castle Dome Mine area; Pinto Valley Mine area), Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
18.6km (11.6 miles) ⓘSo and So Mine (So and So Extension Mine; So & So group; So & So Extension group; Lost Mine; Lost Mine group), Pinal Peak area, Pinal Mountains Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
References
Wilson, E.D., et al (1950), Arizona zinc and lead deposits, part I, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 156: 110.
Peterson, N.P. (1962), Geology and ore deposits of the Globe-Miami district, AZ, USGS PP 342: 70
 
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