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Sphalerite from
Gaspé Copper mine (Gaspé mine; Copper Mountain mine; Needle Mountain mine), Murdochville, La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada


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 Gaspé Copper mine (Gaspé mine; Copper Mountain mine; Needle Mountain mine), Murdochville, La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:646385
Long-form Identifier:1:3:646385:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
32.5km (20.2 miles) ⓘSullipek Mine (Pekan Mine), La Haute-Gaspésie RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada
36.4km (22.6 miles) ⓘMadeleine mine, Mont-Albert, La Haute-Gaspésie RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada
40.6km (25.2 miles) ⓘCandego Mine, Marsoui, La Haute-Gaspésie RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada
48.8km (30.3 miles) ⓘFederal Mine, Mont-Albert, La Haute-Gaspésie RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada
80.1km (49.8 miles) ⓘDonovan claim, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada
81.1km (50.4 miles) ⓘGravelly, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada
95.0km (59.0 miles) ⓘMine Petit Gaspé (Mine du Cap de Petit Gaspé), Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada
References
Estrie and Gaspesie, Quebec
Allcock, John B. (1982) Skarn and porphyry copper mineralization at Mines Gaspe, Murdochville, Quebec. Economic Geology, 77 (4) 971-999 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.77.4.971
Sabina, Ann P. (1992) Rocks and minerals for the collector: Estrie and Gaspésie, Quebec; and parts of New Brunswick. Miscellaneous Report 46. Geological Survey of Canada 156 pp.
Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., Moring, B.C. (2008) Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. Open-File Report 2008-1155
 
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