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Sphalerite from
Liziping Pb-Zn deposit, Western ore zone, Baiyangping ore field, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China


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 Liziping Pb-Zn deposit, Western ore zone, Baiyangping ore field, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:734845
Long-form Identifier:1:3:734845:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘWudichang Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, Western ore zone, Baiyangping ore field, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘBaiyangping Cu-Co-Ag deposit, Western ore zone, Baiyangping ore field, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘFulongchang Cu-Ag-Pb-Zn deposit, Western ore zone, Baiyangping ore field, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘYanzidong Cu-Ag- Zn-Pb deposit, Eastern ore zone, Baiyangping ore field, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
13.2km (8.2 miles) ⓘHexi Sr deposit, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘHetaoqing Cu-Ag deposit, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
14.4km (9.0 miles) ⓘHuishan Pb-Zn-Ag deposit, Eastern ore zone, Baiyangping ore field, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘHuachangshan Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, Eastern ore zone, Baiyangping ore field, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
17.5km (10.9 miles) ⓘHeishan Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, Eastern ore zone, Baiyangping ore field, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
48.9km (30.4 miles) ⓘJinman Cu deposit, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
References
Jiajun Liu, Mingqin He, Zhiming Li, Yuping Liu, Chaoyang Li, Qian Zhang, Weiguang Yang, and Aiping Yang (2004): Mineral Deposits 23(1), 1-10
Yunli Kong and Linkun Qi (2009): Yunnan Geology 28(3), 275-279
Xiaohu Wang, Yucai Song, Zengqian Hou, Hongrui Zhang, Zhe Wang, Tianming Zhuang, Chong Zhang, and Tianfu Zhang (2011): Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 30(3), 507-518
Pan, Shi-Hui; Luo, Kai; Cugerone, Alexandre; Wu, Tao; Hu, Jin; Zhou, Jia-Xi (2026) District-scale variations in sphalerite texture and chemistry from the Laojunshan Zn-polymetallic ore district, Southwest China. Ore Geology Reviews, 197. p.107516. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2026.107516
 
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