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Sphalerite from
Deadwood Quartz Mine (Deadwood Mine; Railroad Quartz Mine; Railroad Qtz.; Railroad Mine), Willow Valley, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada 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 Deadwood Quartz Mine (Deadwood Mine; Railroad Quartz Mine; Railroad Qtz.; Railroad Mine), Willow Valley, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:329989
Long-form Identifier:1:3:329989:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘMurchie Mine (Lone Star Mine; Big Blue Mine; Murchie and Starr; Coe vein; Big Blue vein; Independence vein), Willow Valley, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘLabelle & McKinley Mine (Labelle and McKinley Mine), Willow Valley, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘFederal Loan & Consols Mine (Federal Loan and Consols; Federal Loan Quartz Mine; Federal Loan Mine), Willow Valley, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘCanada Hill Mine, Alpine Quartz Mine (Alpine Qtz.; Independence/St. Louis; Alpine and Little Done Mine; North Grant Cons.; North Grant Consolidated Mine), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘNorth Banner Consolidated Mine (North Banner Quartz Mine; North Banner Cons.; North Banner Co; North Banner Qtz), Lava Cap-Banner-Central group (Central Consolidated; South Banner; North Banner), Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘAlpine Quartz Mine (Alpine Qtz.; Independence/St. Louis; Alpine and Little Done Mine; North Grant Cons.; North Grant Consolidated Mine), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘMayflower Mine (Enterprise Mine; Kellogg; Backman/Greenman/Sandoe; Little Wolf/Red Rose/Enterprise; Alaska/Hickson/Nute/Richards; Wisconsin claims), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘLava Cap-Banner-Central group (Central Consolidated; South Banner; North Banner), Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘMountaineer Mine, Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘOustomah Mine (Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania & Eddy), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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