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Sphalerite from
Black Canyon Mine (Sanger; Flora; Mineral Point; Carol J; Hope Group; Eagle and Westward Eagle), Sierra View, White Mountains, Inyo 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 Black Canyon Mine (Sanger; Flora; Mineral Point; Carol J; Hope Group; Eagle and Westward Eagle), Sierra View, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:326695
Long-form Identifier:1:3:326695:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
5.3km (3.3 miles) Mexican Mine (Reed Flat), Index Hill, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) Wilkerson Mine (Hole In the Wall Mine; Lost Hope Mine), Index Hill, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) Bull Domingo Mine (Domingo Mineral Company; Gator No. 2 prospect), Index Hill, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
14.9km (9.3 miles) Birch Creek, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
27.1km (16.9 miles) Montezuma Mine (Montezuma South prospect), Andrews Mountain, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) Little Sister Mine, Deep Canyon, Tungsten Hills, West Bishop, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
37.3km (23.2 miles) Bishop Creek Mine, Aspendell, Bishop Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
37.4km (23.2 miles) Copconis prospect, Chocolate Peak, Inyo County, California, USA
42.0km (26.1 miles) Four Aces mine, Sylvania Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
42.2km (26.2 miles) Lucky Bill Mine, Scheelite, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
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