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Sphalerite from
Bon Ton Mine, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gahnite1
Chalcopyrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bon Ton Mine, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:437244
Long-form Identifier:1:3:437244:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘGold Hill Cumberland Pass, Quartz Creek Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) ⓘIda May mine, Gold Hill Cumberland Pass, Quartz Creek Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
1.4km (0.8 miles) ⓘComplex group, Quartz Creek Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘNational, Tincup Mining District (Pieplant Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘNapoleon Occurrence, Tincup Mining District (Pieplant Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘCitizen, Quartz Creek Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘBlistered Horn Tunnel, Tincup Mining District (Pieplant Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘHubnerite Lode, Gold Hill Cumberland Pass, Quartz Creek Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘGold Cup Mine (Gold Cup Republic Mine), Tincup, Tincup Mining District (Pieplant Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘSilent Friend, Quartz Creek Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
References
(1984) Precambrian deposits of zinc-copper-lead sulfides and zinc spinel (gahnite) in Colorado. Bulletin 1550. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b1550
Eckel, Edwin Butt; Cobban, Robert R.; Mosburg, Shirley K.; Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 43, pp. 601-622 (2005)
Spry, Paul G.; McFadden, Scott; Teale, Graham S.; Alers, Brian; Shallow, John M.; Glenn, Justin M. (2022) Nodular sillimanite rocks as field indicators to metamorphosed massive sulfide deposits. Ore Geology Reviews, 141. 104632 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104632
Berke, Edward H., Spry, Paul G., Heimann, Adriana, Teale, Graham S., Johnson, Benjamin, von der Handt, Anette, Alers, Brian, Shallow, John M. (2023) The genesis of metamorphosed Paleoproterozoic massive sulphide occurrences in central Colorado: geological, mineralogical and sulphur isotope constraints. Geological Magazine, 160 (7) 1345-1375 doi:10.1017/s0016756823000407
 
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