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Sphalerite from
McAlpine Mine, Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville Mining District, Tuolumne 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 McAlpine Mine, Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:565392
Long-form Identifier:1:3:565392:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘOro Rico Mine (Penon Blanco Mine), Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘBig Oak Flat No. 1 Mine (Conrad Mine), Big Oak Flat, Big Oak Flat Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
14.4km (8.9 miles) ⓘMary Ellen Mine, Eastman Ranch, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
17.8km (11.0 miles) ⓘLouisiana Mine, Greeley Hill, Kinsley Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘOak Hill Mine (Olsen Mine), Buzzard Point, Tuolumne County, California, USA
18.9km (11.7 miles) ⓘMitchell Mine (Boone Terre), Buzzard Point, Tuolumne County, California, USA
19.1km (11.8 miles) ⓘFitch Mine, Webb Station, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
19.1km (11.9 miles) ⓘAkoz Mine (Asposozien Mine; B.A.B. Mine; Radium Mine), Webb Station, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) ⓘHorseshoe I Mine (Bower Cave), Jackass Mountain, Kinsley Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
21.1km (13.1 miles) ⓘBandarita Mine (Bandaritta Mine; Eclipse Mine; Goodwin Mine; Bandarita Nos. 1 & 2 claims; Little Fort Knox claim; Fort Knox No. 2 claim; Kinsley Nos. 1; 2 & 3 claims), Texas Hill, Kinsley Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
References
Weir, R.H.
Weir, R. H., Kerrick, D. M. (1987) Mineralogic, fluid inclusion, and stable isotope studies of several gold mines in the Mother Lode, Tuolumne and Mariposa counties, California. Economic Geology, 82 (2) 328-344 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.82.2.328
Roberts, Andrew C., Scott Ercit, T., Criddle, Alan J., Jones, Gary C., Scott Williams, R., Cureton, Forrest F., Jensen, Martin C. (1994) Mcalpineite, Cu3TeO6·H2O, a new mineral from the McAlpine mine, Tuolumne County, California, and from the Centennial Eureka mine, Juab County, Utah. Mineralogical Magazine, 58 (392) 417-424 doi:10.1180/minmag.1994.058.392.07
Mineralogical Record (1996) 27:115-120
 
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