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Sphalerite from
Back Forty Deposit, Menominee County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Back Forty Deposit, Menominee County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:690273
Long-form Identifier:1:3:690273:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
50.2km (31.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed quarry, Bark River, Delta County, Michigan, USA
84.9km (52.8 miles) ⓘCrandon massive sulfide deposit (Little Sand Lake Deposit; Crandon Project; Exxon Deposit), Little Sand Lake, Forest County, Wisconsin, USA
91.2km (56.6 miles) ⓘBuck Mine, Buck Group, Gaastra, Iron County, Michigan, USA
92.3km (57.4 miles) ⓘCannon Mine (Bengal-Tully Mine), Stambaugh, Iron River, Iron County, Michigan, USA
92.4km (57.4 miles) ⓘHiawatha Group, Stambaugh, Iron River, Iron County, Michigan, USA
92.5km (57.5 miles) ⓘRogers Mine, Bates Township, Iron County, Michigan, USA
96.5km (60.0 miles) ⓘSherwood Mine, Mineral Hills, Iron River, Iron County, Michigan, USA
References
Quigley, Tom, and Mahin, Bob, 2008, Back Forty Geology and Mineralization: Proceedings of the Institute on Lake Superior Geology, v. 54, Part 2 - Field Trip Guidebook, 66-85.
DeMatties, T. A. (2018). Effects of paleoweathering and supergene activity on volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) mineralization in the Penokean Volcanic Belt, northern Wisconsin, Michigan and east-central Minnesota, USA: Implications for future exploration. Ore Geology Reviews, 95, 216-237.
 
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