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Sphalerite from
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - GU022; northeast of the head of Quartz Creek), Chistochina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA


Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - GU022; northeast of the head of Quartz Creek), Chistochina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:591673
Long-form Identifier:1:3:591673:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
1.2km (0.8 miles) Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - GU020; in upper Slope Creek), Chistochina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - GU019; in headwaters of Grubstake Creek), Chistochina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) Gold-Quartz Prospect, Chistochina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) Silver Creek Prospect, Chistochina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
10.2km (6.4 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - GU009; east-northeast of VABM Cobb), Chistochina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
15.6km (9.7 miles) Tom Burns; Silver Circle Prospect, Chistochina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
35.3km (21.9 miles) Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - NB009; northwest head of Caribou Creek), Chistochina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
36.4km (22.6 miles) LPP Occurrence, Tok Mining District, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, USA
38.3km (23.8 miles) PP Prospect, Tok Mining District, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, USA
39.7km (24.7 miles) UPP Occurrence, Tok Mining District, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, USA
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