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Pyrrhotite from
Duke Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Island
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 Duke Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1094816
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1094816:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrrhotite in this Region
Duke Island Prospects, Duke Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘDuke Island Prospects, Duke Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
33.7km (20.9 miles) ⓘSilver Gold Occurrences, Bush Mountain, Annette Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘSilver Gold Occurrence, Bush Mountain, Annette Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
38.3km (23.8 miles) ⓘCopper Lead Occurrences, Red Mountain, Annette Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
40.6km (25.2 miles) ⓘMoth Bay; Black Jack; Bonanza King; Lone Jack; Sulphide; Youzinka Prospect, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, USA
49.0km (30.4 miles) ⓘPeterson; Surprise Prospect, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, USA
50.0km (31.1 miles) ⓘSpik; Hanson Prospect, McLean Arm, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
50.9km (31.6 miles) ⓘRoss-Adams Mine, Bokan Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
51.5km (32.0 miles) ⓘWildcat Mine, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, USA
52.2km (32.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed Ag-Au-Cu-Pb-Zn prospect (1), Dolomi Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
References
Thakurta, J. (2008). Isotopic and mineralogical studies of sulfide mineralization and hydrothermal alteration in the Duke Island ultramafic complex, southeastern Alaska. PhD thesis Indiana University.
 
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