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Sphalerite from
Penn Mine (Happy Jack; West Constellation; Satellite; Big Satellite; Hinkcley; Blue Jay; Meteor; Hecla; Little Satellite; Copper Hill; Penn Chemical Works; Campo Seco), Campo Seco, Campo Seco Mining District, Foothill Copper 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 Penn Mine (Happy Jack; West Constellation; Satellite; Big Satellite; Hinkcley; Blue Jay; Meteor; Hecla; Little Satellite; Copper Hill; Penn Chemical Works; Campo Seco), Campo Seco, Campo Seco Mining District, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:324578
Long-form Identifier:1:3:324578:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘThayer Mine (Grey House Mine; Greyhouse Mine; Grayhouse Mine), Waters Peak, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘHolmes Ranch occurrence [1], Campo Seco, Campo Seco Mining District, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
12.0km (7.4 miles) ⓘGwin Mine (Paloma Mine; Gwin Extension No. 1 Mine), Paloma, Paloma Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘNewton Mine (Newton Copper Mine; Jackson Mine), Sunnybrook, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
12.8km (7.9 miles) ⓘHayward Mine (Allen Mine), Sunnybrook, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘPlymouth Rock Mine, Jenny Lind, Jenny Lind Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
17.8km (11.0 miles) ⓘKennedy Mine, Martell, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘOneida Mine, Martell, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘSouth Eureka Mine, Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
18.6km (11.5 miles) ⓘCentral Eureka Mine (Summit Mine), Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
References
Economic Geology: 83: 419-427.
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.28-31
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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