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Sphalerite from
Paymaster Mine (Paymaster group; Complex Minerals; President claim; Flagpole group; Hazel claim; Emilia), Midway Well, Paymaster Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial 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 Paymaster Mine (Paymaster group; Complex Minerals; President claim; Flagpole group; Hazel claim; Emilia), Midway Well, Paymaster Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:325388
Long-form Identifier:1:3:325388:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
36.4km (22.6 miles) ⓘRiverview Mine, Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
39.5km (24.5 miles) ⓘAmerican Girl Mine (Cargo Mine; Cargo Muchacho Mine), American Girl project, Obregon, Cargo Muchacho Mining District (Hedges Mining District; Ogilby Mining District), Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
42.0km (26.1 miles) ⓘLittle Bear Mine, Big Bear and Little Bear Mine, Obregon, Cargo Muchacho Mining District (Hedges Mining District; Ogilby Mining District), Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
43.2km (26.9 miles) ⓘGrande group, Chuckwalla Spring, Chuckwalla Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
56.5km (35.1 miles) ⓘAnnie Mine (Anna Mine; Annie Lead Mine), U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
62.8km (39.1 miles) ⓘSalton Sea Scientific Drilling project well, Salton Sea, Imperial County, California, USA
66.7km (41.5 miles) ⓘCrescent Copper group [1] (Crescent group; Badger State group; Eagle Nest Mine; Eagle Nest No. 7 claim), McCoy Spring, Arlington District (Ironwood District), McCoy Mts (Ironwood Mts), Riverside County, California, USA
70.2km (43.7 miles) ⓘPalomsa prospects, Black Point, Big Maria Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
References
Morton, Paul K. (1977) Geology and Mineral Resources of Imperial County California. County Report 7. California Division of Mines and Geologypp.92-93
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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