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Sphalerite from
Collier Mine (Blood Mine; Sandwich Mine), Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, 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 Collier Mine (Blood Mine; Sandwich Mine), Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:323685
Long-form Identifier:1:3:323685:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
6.2km (3.9 miles) ⓘJumper Mine, Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘMar John prospect (Mar John Mine; Marjon; Old Calaveras group; Calaveras; Enchantress; Oro Minto), Sheep Ranch, Mountain Ranch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘArgentum Consolidated Nos. 1 and 2 (Argentum), Cedar Ridge, American Camp Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘStar prospect (Mildred Lloyd prospect), Cedar Ridge, American Camp Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘSonnet Mine, Cedar Ridge, American Camp Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘDensmore & Young America Mine (Densmore Mine), Columbia, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
14.7km (9.2 miles) ⓘMar John Mines Company (Old Calaveras group; Enchantress; Oro Minto), Calaveritas, Calaveritas Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘAlpine Mine, Calaveritas, Calaveritas Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘStanislaus Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘSoulsby Belle Mine, Mono Vista, Soulsbyville & Confidence Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
References
Heyl, George Richard (1948a) Foothill copper belt of the Sierra Nevada: California Division Mines Bulletin 144: 11-29
Clark, William B., Lydon, Philip A. (1963) Mines and Mineral Resources of Calaveras County, California. County Report 2. California Division of Mines and Geology pp.27-32
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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