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Sphalerite from
Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Quartz
Smithsonite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz77
Rhodochrosite64
Fluorite64
Pyrite63
Tetrahedrite Subgroup42
Chalcopyrite21
Galena20
Hübnerite17
Fluorapatite8
Goyazite6
Kutnohorite4
Dickite4
Svanbergite3
Ankerite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:242923
Long-form Identifier:1:3:242923:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘDetroit City Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.2km (1.3 miles) ⓘKite Lake, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘTanner Boy Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘCleaner; Criterion; Caroline Occurrence (Bates Lode), Buckskin Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘWyandotte Mine, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘCriterion Mine, Alma, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
3.6km (2.3 miles) ⓘBuckskin Joe Mine (Buckskin Joe; Phillips Mine), Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
3.6km (2.3 miles) ⓘShelley Mine, Mosquito Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘRussia Mine, Mount Lincoln, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) ⓘColorado Travel Tunnel Occurrence (Pirate; Vault; Gold Key; Banker; Wire Gold), Alicante, Lake County, Colorado, USA
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