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Sphalerite from
Peelwood Mine, Peelwood, Georgiana County, New South Wales, Australia


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 Peelwood Mine, Peelwood, Georgiana County, New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:959151
Long-form Identifier:1:3:959151:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘJohn Fardy Lode, Cordillera Mine, Tuena, Georgiana County, New South Wales, Australia
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘCordillera Mine, Tuena, Georgiana County, New South Wales, Australia
19.8km (12.3 miles) ⓘBurraga Copper Mine (Spragues Mine; Lloyds Copper Mine; Excelsior Mine; Mount Burraga Mine; Thompsons Creek Mine), Burraga, Georgiana County, New South Wales, Australia
19.8km (12.3 miles) ⓘLloyd copper mine, Burraga, Georgiana County, New South Wales, Australia
43.8km (27.2 miles) ⓘKempfield Barytes Mine (Kempfield deposit), Kempfield, Georgiana County, New South Wales, Australia
47.5km (29.5 miles) ⓘTuglow Copper Mine (Bouchiers Mine; Irskines Mine), Shooters Hill, Westmoreland County, New South Wales, Australia
50.8km (31.5 miles) ⓘMilburn Creek Copper Mine (Milburn Creek Mine), Mount McDonald, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia
53.1km (33.0 miles) ⓘMerrindal Copper Working, Rockley, Georgiana County, New South Wales, Australia
53.5km (33.2 miles) ⓘPhoenix deposit, Frogmore, King Co., New South Wales, Australia
56.6km (35.2 miles) ⓘFrogmore Copper Mine, Frogmore, King Co., New South Wales, Australia
References
Downes, P. M., & Seccombe, P. K. (2004). Sulfur isotope distribution in Late Silurian volcanic‐hosted massive sulfide deposits of the Hill End Trough, eastern Lachlan Fold Belt, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 51(1), 123-141.
 
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