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Willemite from
Palmerton zinc smelter slag locality, Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Slag Locality
Classification
Species:Willemite
Formula:Zn2SiO4
Formation:Post-mining/Anthropogenic
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Zincite5
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Willemite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Palmerton zinc smelter slag locality, Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:758333
Long-form Identifier:1:3:758333:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Willemite
74.6km (46.3 miles) Andover Iron Mine, Andover Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
74.8km (46.5 miles) Sulphur Hill Mine (Sulfur Hill Mine), Andover Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
87.5km (54.4 miles) Fill Quarry, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
87.6km (54.4 miles) Passaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
87.7km (54.5 miles) Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
90.1km (56.0 miles) Buckwheat dump mineral collecting site, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
90.3km (56.1 miles) Buckwheat pit, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
90.3km (56.1 miles) Taylor Road dumps, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
90.3km (56.1 miles) Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
90.3km (56.1 miles) Double Rock pegmatite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
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