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Sphalerite from
Lady Loretta deposit (Lady Loretta prospect), Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lady Loretta deposit (Lady Loretta prospect), Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:87047
Long-form Identifier:1:3:87047:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
31.4km (19.5 miles) ⓘEsperanza Z5 Mine (Esperanza deposit), Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
98.5km (61.2 miles) ⓘGeorge Fisher South, George Fisher Mine, Hilton district, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
98.9km (61.4 miles) ⓘGeorge Fisher Mine, Hilton district, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
98.9km (61.4 miles) ⓘHandlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton district, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
References
ournal of Geochemical Exploration Volume 8, Issues 1-2, October 1977, Pages 189-202
Patterson, D.J. (1985) Zincian greenockite in stratiform lead-zinc-silver mineralization at Lady Loretta, northwest Queensland. The Canadian Mineralogist: 23: 89-94.
Min Yearbook (1988) - zinc: 6.
Large, Ross R, McGoldrick, Peter J (1998) Lithogeochemical halos and geochemical vectors to stratiform sediment hosted Zn–Pb–Ag deposits, 1. Lady Loretta Deposit, Queensland. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 63 (1) 37-56 doi:10.1016/s0375-6742(98)00013-2
 
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