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Sphalerite from
Wells zinc prospect, Fall Branch Barite Mining District (Fall Branch-Greeneville Mining District), Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wells zinc prospect, Fall Branch Barite Mining District (Fall Branch-Greeneville Mining District), Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:419564
Long-form Identifier:1:3:419564:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘCox Prospect, Fall Branch Barite Mining District (Fall Branch-Greeneville Mining District), Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘMurrell Farm Prospect (Murrel Farms prospect), Fall Branch Barite Mining District (Fall Branch-Greeneville Mining District), Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘFall Branch zinc mine, Fall Branch Barite Mining District (Fall Branch-Greeneville Mining District), Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘHorse Creek Zinc Prospect, Fall Branch Barite Mining District (Fall Branch-Greeneville Mining District), Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA
13.8km (8.6 miles) ⓘJearoldstown Prospect, Fall Branch-Greeneville Mining District, Greene County, Tennessee, USA
16.2km (10.1 miles) ⓘBowman Zinc Prospect, Fall Branch Barite Mining District (Fall Branch-Greeneville Mining District), Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA
19.8km (12.3 miles) ⓘBowman Mine (Bowman-Graves Mine; Arcadia Mine; Graves Prospect), Arcadia Mining District, Scott County, Virginia, USA
24.6km (15.3 miles) ⓘLane Prospect, Scott County, Virginia, USA
32.0km (19.9 miles) ⓘWatauga Point zinc prospect, Hampton Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA
32.2km (20.0 miles) ⓘCarden Zinc prospect (Lyons prospect), Hampton Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
Paris, Travis A. (2011) Tennessee Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 86 (4) 300-329 doi:10.1080/00357529.2010.517132
 
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