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Pyrite from
Village Main Reef Gold Mine, Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa


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Pyrite, etc.

Village Main Reef Gold Mine, Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
08776620017363706707764.jpg
Pyrite, etc.

Village Main Reef Gold Mine, Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
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Pyrite, etc.

Village Main Reef Gold Mine, Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Native Gold19
Uraninite19
- var Pitchblende19
Pyrobitumen19
- var Thucholite19
Galena17
Quartz15
Chromite-Magnesiochromite Series2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Village Main Reef Gold Mine, Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1255891
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1255891:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘRobinson Deep Gold Mine, Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘCity Deep Mine, Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘSimmer & Jack Gold Mine, Germiston, City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
16.3km (10.1 miles) ⓘDriefontein Gold Mine, Boksburg, City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘEast Rand Proprietary Mine, Boksburg, City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
43.1km (26.8 miles) ⓘSouth Deep Mine, West Wits, Far West Rand, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
48.9km (30.4 miles) ⓘKloof Mine, Eastern Sector, Far West Rand, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
66.0km (41.0 miles) ⓘWestern Deep Levels 3 Mine, Merafong City Local Municipality, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
67.0km (41.6 miles) ⓘCarletonville, Western Sector, Far West Rand, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
67.1km (41.7 miles) ⓘWestern Deep Levels 1 Mine, Western Sector, Far West Rand, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
References
Dr Günter Grundmann specimen and analysis.
 
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