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Sphalerite from
Monarch-Sugar Loaf Mine (Monarch Sugar Loaf Mine), Mount Aigare, Shingle Springs Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado 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 Monarch-Sugar Loaf Mine (Monarch Sugar Loaf Mine), Mount Aigare, Shingle Springs Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:326154
Long-form Identifier:1:3:326154:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘSchool Girl and Union Mine (School Girl & Union; Springfield), Logtown, El Dorado Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
6.5km (4.1 miles) ⓘEagle Mine, Kingsville, Shingle Springs Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘCopper Hill Mine (Cosumnes Mine; Hobo Mine; Jackass shaft), Four Corners, Amador County, California, USA
16.3km (10.1 miles) ⓘFunny Bug Mine (Pendelco Mine), Gold Hill, Shingle Springs Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
18.6km (11.5 miles) ⓘFremont Mine (Fremont-Grover Mine; Fremont-Gover; Fremont-Gover Inc.; North Gover; Foremont; Gopher; Loyal lode), New Chicago, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
22.6km (14.0 miles) ⓘSutter's Mill meteorite, Sutter Mill Bar and River (Old Sutter Mill site), Coloma, Coloma Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
23.1km (14.4 miles) ⓘMechanics Mine (Potazuba), Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) ⓘMichigan Bar Mines, Bridge House, Michigan Bar Mining District, Sacramento County, California, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) ⓘLincoln Mine (Lincoln claim; Stewart claim; Belmont claim), Lincoln Consolidated Mine, Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
24.7km (15.3 miles) ⓘOld Eureka Mine (Eureka Mine; Amador Consolidated Mine; Hetty Green Mine; Hayward Mine; Amador claim; Maxwell claim; Alpha claim; Railroad claim), Central Eureka Mine (Summit Mine), Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
References
Clark, Wm. B. & D.W. Carlson (1956), Mines and mineral resources of El Dorado County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 52(4): 419-420, 518, Pl. 10
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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