| Locality type: | Property |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Sphalerite |
| Formula: | ZnS |
| Habit: | anhedral blebs |
| Colour: | yellow, green-yellow |
| Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Sphalerite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Mount Mather Creek claim (Mt Laussedat prospect), Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 815092 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:815092:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite |
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| 34.0km (21.1 miles) | ⓘKicking Horse deposit, Field, Yoho National Park, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada |
| 35.0km (21.8 miles) | ⓘMonarch deposit, Field, Yoho National Park, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada |
| 35.1km (21.8 miles) | ⓘMonarch Mine, Field, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada |
| 35.1km (21.8 miles) | ⓘSunday Claim fluorite occurrence, Ottertail River, Field, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada |
| 53.2km (33.0 miles) | ⓘShining Beauty Creek prospect, Ice River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada |
| 54.6km (33.9 miles) | ⓘMoose Creek Valley pegmatite, Ice River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada |
| 54.7km (34.0 miles) | ⓘIce River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada |
| 55.2km (34.3 miles) | ⓘMoose Creek prospect, Ice River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada |
| 56.2km (34.9 miles) | ⓘWaterloo Mine, Zinc Mountain, Ice River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada |
| 75.6km (47.0 miles) | ⓘSilver Giant mine, Harrogate, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada |
| References |
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Piilonen, P., Poirier, G., Rowe, R., Mitchell, R., Robak, C. (2022) Mount Mather Creek, British Columbia – a new sodalite-bearing carbohydrothermal breccia deposit including a new Canadian occurrence for the rare minerals edingtonite and quintinite. Mineralogical Magazine: 86(2): 282-306. |
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