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Sphalerite from
Lead - Metals Mine, Sheep Mountain Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, 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 Lead - Metals Mine, Sheep Mountain Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:448597
Long-form Identifier:1:3:448597:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘMountain King Mine, Sheep Mountain Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘBacon Group, Sheep Mountain Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘGolconda Group, Sheep Mountain Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘMahan Mine, Sheep Mountain Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
7.5km (4.6 miles) ⓘHardscrabble Mine (Hard Scrabble; Hardscrabble and Brown Bear), Seafoam Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘRepublican Group Mine (Ivanhoe; Greyhound Prospect; Buck Horn Claim; Idaho Claim; Republican Claim; Bull Dog Claim), Seafoam Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘSeafoam Mine (Montana Mine), Seafoam Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
19.9km (12.4 miles) ⓘCome Back Prospect, Valley County, Idaho, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘKwajalein Prospect (Halloween Mine), Yankee Fork Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
31.8km (19.7 miles) ⓘMontana Mine, Yankee Fork Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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