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Pyrrhotite from
Unnamed Cu prospect 101-18, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed Cu prospect 101-18, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:538294
Long-form Identifier:1:3:538294:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed Cu prospect 101-24, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Cu prospects 101-34 & 101-35, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed Cu prospects 101-6 & 101-10, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
16.2km (10.1 miles) ⓘBusterville Mine, Avra, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) ⓘMineral Hill Mines (Azurite group; Old Azurite Mine; Copper Glance Mine), Mineral Hill, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
26.0km (16.2 miles) ⓘProsperity Mine group (Helmet Peak group; Helmet Peak Mine; Prosperity claims), Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) ⓘContention Mine (North Star Mine), Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
33.9km (21.1 miles) ⓘTwin Buttes Mine, Twin Buttes, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
35.9km (22.3 miles) ⓘEsperanza Mine [new], Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
48.1km (29.9 miles) ⓘHelvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10039732, MRDS ID #M050743.
 
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