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Pyrite from
Major Mine (Sweet Marie; Rand group; June Ione), Alta Sierra, Greenhorn District (Greenhorn Mountains District), Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Major Mine (Sweet Marie; Rand group; June Ione), Alta Sierra, Greenhorn District (Greenhorn Mountains District), Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:327737
Long-form Identifier:1:3:327737:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘLucky Hit Mine (Lucky Hit deposit; Buckhorn; Why Not), Alta Sierra, Greenhorn District (Greenhorn Mountains District), Kern County, California, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘCadillac Mine (Cadillac claims; Rand Mine), Alta Sierra, Greenhorn District (Greenhorn Mountains District), Kern County, California, USA
18.9km (11.7 miles) ⓘBald Mountain group (Buckeye; Buena Vista), Miracle Hot Springs area, Clear Creek Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
20.9km (13.0 miles) ⓘTungsten King Mine (King Tungsten), Miracle Hot Springs area, Clear Creek Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘKern River Uranium Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
24.6km (15.3 miles) ⓘClara Gibbons prospect, White River (Tailholt), White River Mining District, Tulare County, California, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘWarrington Mine (Little Angel), Havilah, Clear Creek Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘJeannette-Grant Mine (Jeanette Grant Mine; Jenette-Grant Mines), Inspiration Point, Green Mountain District, Piute Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
28.6km (17.7 miles) ⓘKing Solomon Mine (King Soloman; Pleasent View), Havilah, Clear Creek Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
28.6km (17.8 miles) ⓘSilverado prospect (Silverdo prospect; Silverado Mine), Bodfish, Erskine Creek Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
References
Hess, Frank L. & Esper S. Larsen (1922), Contact-metamorphic tungsten deposits of the United States: USGS Bulletin 725: 263.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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