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Sphalerite from
Blackhawk Mine, Millersville, Loraine Mining District, Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Comments:Substantial amounts were mined.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blackhawk Mine, Millersville, Loraine Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:327505
Long-form Identifier:1:3:327505:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
30.5km (19.0 miles) Jeannette-Grant Mine (Jeanette Grant Mine; Jenette-Grant Mines), Inspiration Point, Green Mountain District, Piute Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
32.7km (20.3 miles) Laurel Mine (Laurel Group of Mines; Marbel No.1; 2 and 3 claims; Perth Amboy No. 1; 2 and 3 claims), Bodfish, Erskine Creek Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
37.4km (23.3 miles) Cactus Gold Mine (Blue Eagle Mine; Middle Buttes Mine; Cactus Mine; Cactus Queen Mine; Shumake deposit; Shumake Mine), Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
45.4km (28.2 miles) Laurel Group of Mines (Perth Amboy No. 1; 2 & 3 claims; Marbel No. 1; 2 & 3 claims), Wofford Heights, Cove Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
51.7km (32.1 miles) Big Blue group (North Extension Sumner; Jeff Davis; Bull Run; Beauregard; Urbana; Frank; Content; Big Blue-Sumner; Glue Gouge), Wofford Heights, Cove Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
60.5km (37.6 miles) College Girl group (Confidence), Garlock, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
74.1km (46.0 miles) Rand Mine (Yellow Aster Mine; Baltic 0060291248; Yellow Aster 0060290374), Randsburg, Kern County, California, USA
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