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Sphalerite from
Thunder Shower and Buckhead Zinc Mine (Thundershower and Buckingham Mine; Thunder Shower), Camp Wishon, Tulare 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 Thunder Shower and Buckhead Zinc Mine (Thundershower and Buckingham Mine; Thunder Shower), Camp Wishon, Tulare County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:335558
Long-form Identifier:1:3:335558:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
1.5km (1.0 miles) ⓘElster Mine (Elster claim), Camp Wishon, Tulare County, California, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘCedar Hill Mine, Camp Wishon, Tulare County, California, USA
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘIron Capping Mine (Iron Capping group; Lottie claim; Homestake claim; McGeorge group; Tipparey claim; Uncle Sam claim; Big Lion claim), Camp Wishon, Tulare County, California, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘPowell Mine (Powell Copper Mine; Powell No. 6; Cedar Mine; Toughgoing group; Optimo Nos. 1-6; Sequoia Zinc; Tule Copper property; Able Lode claim), Mountain Home, Tulare County, California, USA
21.7km (13.5 miles) ⓘWhite Chief Mine, Hengst Peak, Mineral King Mining District, Tulare County, California, USA
23.9km (14.8 miles) ⓘLady Franklin Mine (Lady Franklin prospect), Rainbow Mountain, Mineral King, Mineral King Mining District, Tulare County, California, USA
24.5km (15.2 miles) ⓘComanche Mine, Mineral King, Mineral King Mining District, Tulare County, California, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) ⓘWhite Horse occurrence, Empire Mountain, Mineral King Mining District, Tulare County, California, USA
30.1km (18.7 miles) ⓘYoung America claim (Rothchild claim; Zinc King claim), Empire Mountain, Mineral King Mining District, Tulare County, California, USA
57.1km (35.5 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
References
Goodwin, Joseph Grant (1958), Mines and mineral resources of Tulare County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology (Report 54): 54(3): 458
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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