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Sphalerite from
Perran St George Mine (Perran Great St George Mine; Great St George Mine; Perran St George United Mine), Perran St George and Droskyn Mines, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK


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 Perran St George Mine (Perran Great St George Mine; Great St George Mine; Perran St George United Mine), Perran St George and Droskyn Mines, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:690777
Long-form Identifier:1:3:690777:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Sphalerite in this Region
Good Fortune Mine, Perran St George Mine (Perran Great St George Mine; Great St George Mine; Perran St George United Mine), Perran St George and Droskyn Mines, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘGood Fortune Mine, Perran St George Mine (Perran Great St George Mine; Great St George Mine; Perran St George United Mine), Perran St George and Droskyn Mines, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘWheal Perran, Perran St George and Droskyn Mines, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘCligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘWheal Leisure (Great Wheal Leisure), Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘWheal Prudence, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘSouth Wheal Leisure (Truro Consols; Perran Wheal Kitty), Bolingey, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘNew Wheal Leisure (Wheal Alfred), Bolingey, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘPerran Wheal Vyvyan (Perran Wheal Martha; West Shepherds Mine), Penhallow, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘWheal Golla, Lambriggan Mine (South St George Mine), Penhallow, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘPerran Wheal George (Wheal St George; Perran Wheal Alfred; Perran Wheal Prosper), Penhallow, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Hall, Townshend M. (1868) The Mineralogist's Directory: or, a guide to the Principal Mineral Localities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Edward Stanford.
Collins, J. H. (1871) A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon. Heard and Sons, Truro.
Dines, H. G. (1956) The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England (1st ed.) Vol. 1. Geological Survey of Great Britain, London.pp.452-457
 
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