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Sphalerite from
New Departure Mine, Blue Wing Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, 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 New Departure Mine, Blue Wing Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:284881
Long-form Identifier:1:3:284881:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘKent Mine, Blue Wing Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘCottontail Mine (Huron Mine), Blue Wing Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘDel Monte Mine (Bonaparte), Blue Wing Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘPomeroy Mine (Brick Pomeroy; Silver Buckle; Silver Belt), Blue Wing Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘFerdinand Mine, Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘPolaris Mine (Silver Fissure), Polaris, Polaris Mining District (Lost Cloud Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘMcConnell Wellman Group, Elkhorn Mining District (Coolidge Mining District; Wise River Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘGuy Mine, Elkhorn Mining District (Coolidge Mining District; Wise River Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
33.3km (20.7 miles) ⓘPark Mine (Mono; Blue Jay; Idanha; Elkhorn), Elkhorn Mining District (Coolidge Mining District; Wise River Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
34.6km (21.5 miles) ⓘSwan Mine, Sabbath Day Mine, Zosell Mining District (Emery Mining District), Powell County, Montana, USA
References
Winchell, Alexander Newton (1914) Mining districts of the Dillon quadrangle, Montana, and adjacent areas. Bulletin 574. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b574
Krohn, D.H., Weist, M.M. (1977) Principal information on Montana mines. Special Publication 75. Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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