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Sphalerite from
Mar John Mines Company (Old Calaveras group; Enchantress; Oro Minto), Calaveritas, Calaveritas Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA


Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mar John Mines Company (Old Calaveras group; Enchantress; Oro Minto), Calaveritas, Calaveritas Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:324301
Long-form Identifier:1:3:324301:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘAlpine Mine, Calaveritas, Calaveritas Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
8.8km (5.4 miles) ⓘJumper Mine, Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
9.1km (5.7 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
14.7km (9.2 miles) ⓘCollier Mine (Blood Mine; Sandwich Mine), Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘGolden Shearer Mine (A.V.G. Mine), Railroad Flat, Railroad Flat Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘDensmore & Young America Mine (Densmore Mine), Columbia, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
18.1km (11.3 miles) ⓘNassau Mine (Goat Ranch; Poole Mine), Carmen City, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
18.4km (11.5 miles) ⓘBoston Mine (Boston Consolidated; Esperanza), Mokelumne Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘStanislaus Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
20.9km (13.0 miles) ⓘGwin Mine (Paloma Mine; Gwin Extension No. 1 Mine), Paloma, Paloma Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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