Sphalerite from
El Mochito Mine, Las Vegas Municipality, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras

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El Mochito Mine, Las Vegas Municipality, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras

Sphalerite, etc.

El Mochito Mine, Las Vegas Municipality, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras

Sphalerite, etc.

El Mochito Mine, Las Vegas Municipality, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras

Sphalerite, etc.

El Mochito Mine, Las Vegas Municipality, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras

Sphalerite, etc.

El Mochito Mine, Las Vegas Municipality, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras

Sphalerite, etc.

El Mochito Mine, Las Vegas Municipality, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras

Sphalerite, etc.

El Mochito Mine, Las Vegas Municipality, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras

Sphalerite, etc.

El Mochito Mine, Las Vegas Municipality, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras

Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	Sphalerite
Formula:	ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz	21
Andradite	18
Galena	7
Calcite	5
- var Manganese-bearing Calcite	5
Hedenbergite	5
Chalcopyrite	1
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view El Mochito Mine, Las Vegas Municipality, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	307447
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:307447:3
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite

98.9km (61.4 miles)	ⓘ El Quetzal Mine (Quetzel Mine; Mina el Quetzal), San Agustín Municipality, Copán Department, Honduras
References
Econ Geol (2004) 99:1223-1231 Samson, I. M., Williams-Jones, A. E., Ault, K. M., Gagnon, J. E., & Fryer, B. J. (2008). Source of fluids forming distal Zn-Pb-Ag skarns: Evidence from laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry analysis of fluid inclusions from El Mochito, Honduras. Geology, 36(12), 947-950. Williams-Jones, A. E., Samson, I. M., Ault, K. M., Gagnon, J. E., & Fryer, B. J. (2010). The genesis of distal zinc skarns: Evidence from the Mochito deposit, Honduras. Economic Geology, 105(8), 1411-1440.

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Sphalerite from El Mochito Mine, Las Vegas Municipality, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras

Sphalerite from
El Mochito Mine, Las Vegas Municipality, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras