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Sphalerite from
Hale's Mine (Haile Gold Mine), Kershaw, Lancaster County, South Carolina, 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 Hale's Mine (Haile Gold Mine), Kershaw, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:308087
Long-form Identifier:1:3:308087:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘBrewer's Mine (Brewer Mine; Brewer Gold Mine), Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA
46.8km (29.1 miles) ⓘRidgeway Mine, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA
52.5km (32.6 miles) ⓘMint Hill (Mint Hill Gold Mine), Union County, North Carolina, USA
52.5km (32.6 miles) ⓘFolger Hill (Folger Hill Gold-Silver Mine), Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, USA
52.9km (32.9 miles) ⓘOre Hill Mine (Ore Hill Gold Mine), Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, USA
53.6km (33.3 miles) ⓘPhifer Mine (Price Gold Mine), Union County, North Carolina, USA
53.8km (33.4 miles) ⓘLewis Mine, Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, USA
57.9km (36.0 miles) ⓘSmart Mine (Bonnie Doon Mine), Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, USA
61.6km (38.3 miles) ⓘLemmonds Mine (Lemons; Marion), Charlotte Mining District, Union County, North Carolina, USA
63.1km (39.2 miles) ⓘWentz shaft, Moore Mine, Union County, North Carolina, USA
References
Koschmann, Albert Herbert, Bergendahl, M.H. (1968) Principal gold-producing districts of the United States. Professional Paper 610. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp610
Wynn, Jeffrey C., Luce, Robert W. (1984) Geophysical methods as mapping tools in a strata-bound gold deposit; Haile Mine, South Carolina slate belt. Economic Geology, 79 (2) 382-388 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.79.2.382
Hayward, Nicholas (1992) Controls on syntectonic replacement mineralization in parasitic antiforms, Haile gold mine, Carolina slate belt. Economic Geology, 87 (1) 91-112 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.87.1.91
 
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