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Sphalerite from
Rio Tinto mine (Mountain City Copper mine), Mountain City Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA


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 Rio Tinto mine (Mountain City Copper mine), Mountain City Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:196162
Long-form Identifier:1:3:196162:1
GUID (UUID V4):a818c392-2864-40bf-b87e-9ff60f15d827
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
3.1km (1.9 miles) Golden Ensign Mine (Silver Banner Mine), Mountain City Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
3.8km (2.3 miles) Protection mine, Mountain City Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) Nelson mine (Standard vein), Mountain City Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
17.0km (10.6 miles) Blue Jacket Mine, Aura Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
17.3km (10.8 miles) Big Four Mine, Aura Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
18.1km (11.3 miles) Columbia Mine (Columbia Queen-Bonanza Mine), Aura Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
18.6km (11.6 miles) California Mine (Revenue), Aura Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
19.8km (12.3 miles) Nevada Zinc Mine, Edgemont Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
20.4km (12.7 miles) Tiger Lode Mine, Edgemont Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
22.8km (14.1 miles) Indian Creek prospects (Owyhee; Montrose), Edgemont Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
References
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Report (issue)
RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation with Nevada Bureau of Mines...Acknowledgment -Mining districts Commodities Production Descriptions of mining districts . Alder district-Aura district...district -Beaver district Black Mountain district Bootstrap district Burner district Burns Basin district--...-Carlin district Cave Creek district ----Charleston district_--Coal Mine district~ Contact district Cornucopia...Cornucopia district - -Corral Creek district - Decoy district Delano district Delker districtDivide district
 
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