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Sphalerite from
Silver Creek Mine (Hanna property; Old McGraw property; Manifest Mining Co. claims), El Capitan Mountain, El Capitan Mining District, Mescal Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, 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 Silver Creek Mine (Hanna property; Old McGraw property; Manifest Mining Co. claims), El Capitan Mountain, El Capitan Mining District, Mescal Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:429229
Long-form Identifier:1:3:429229:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘPioneer Mine (Great Republic Mine; Old Pioneer; White Metal; White Metal Mining Co. claims; Great Republic patent MS 370; Devine property; Pioneer South patent MS 374), Pioneer Mountain, Pinal Mountains Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘSo and So Mine (So and So Extension Mine; So & So group; So & So Extension group; Lost Mine; Lost Mine group), Pinal Peak area, Pinal Mountains Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘDoak Mine (Doak vein; Miami Mining and Milling Co. property), Pioneer Mountain area, Pinal Mountains Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘBobtail Mine (Virginia Mine; Missouri Mine; Mariana Missouri Mine; Twentieth Century claims; Wisner-Glassburn property; Mariana property; Bobaway property; Doak group), Pinal Peak area, Pinal Mountains Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘDripping Springs Mines (Dripping Springs claims; Cocreham and Haywood Mine; Gold Nugget Mine; Gold Queen Mine; Columbia Mine; Roundtop Mine), Dripping Springs, Dripping Spring Wash, Dripping Springs Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘTwentieth Century Mine, Mays Gap area, Pinal Mountains Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘElder Gulch prospects, Tiger Mountain area, Dripping Springs Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
16.8km (10.4 miles) ⓘ79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘChristmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘChristmas open pit, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10109791, MRDS ID #M241242.
 
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