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Sphalerite from
Mesaba deposit (Minnamax deposit; Babbitt deposit; Babbitt Lake deposit; Amax Underground Mine), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA


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 Mesaba deposit (Minnamax deposit; Babbitt deposit; Babbitt Lake deposit; Amax Underground Mine), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:981463
Long-form Identifier:1:3:981463:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
8.9km (5.5 miles) ā“˜Dunka pit (Dunka Road deposit; North Met deposit), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
10.4km (6.4 miles) ā“˜Birch Lake Deposit, Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
20.2km (12.5 miles) ā“˜Murray shear, Vermilion River Mines, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) ā“˜South Filson Creek Prospect (Filson Creek), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) ā“˜Spruce Road Prospect (Spruce Mine; INCO Prospect; INCO Mine; Ely Nickel Copper Deposit; Spruce Road Deposit), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
32.9km (20.4 miles) ā“˜Water Hen Occurrence, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
46.7km (29.0 miles) ā“˜Gruner prospect, Virginia, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
References
McSwiggen, P. L. (1999) Platinum-palladium group minerals, gold, silver, and cobalt in the Minnamax copper-nickel sulfide deposit, Duluth Complex, northeastern Minnesota. Minnesota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 54
Good, D., Borysenko, J., McBride, J., Walford, P., Smyk, M., Hollings, P., ... & Corkery, J. (2010) Cu-Ni-PGE Deposits in Mafic Intrusions of the Lake Superior Region June 24-30, 2010. 11th International Platinum Symposium
 
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