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Pyrite from
Coso Mine (Devil's Kitchen; Atlas; Lynch & Lynch; Nicol; Walley-Mickey & Wheeler), Coso Hot Springs deposit, Coso Hot Springs, Inyo 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 Coso Mine (Devil's Kitchen; Atlas; Lynch & Lynch; Nicol; Walley-Mickey & Wheeler), Coso Hot Springs deposit, Coso Hot Springs, Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:135841
Long-form Identifier:1:3:135841:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Wheeler Area Mine (Coso Mine), Coso Mine (Devil's Kitchen; Atlas; Lynch & Lynch; Nicol; Walley-Mickey & Wheeler), Coso Hot Springs deposit, Coso Hot Springs, Inyo County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘWheeler Area Mine (Coso Mine), Coso Mine (Devil's Kitchen; Atlas; Lynch & Lynch; Nicol; Walley-Mickey & Wheeler), Coso Hot Springs deposit, Coso Hot Springs, Inyo County, California, USA
20.0km (12.4 miles) ⓘMariposa Mine, Coso [historical], Inyo County, California, USA
21.9km (13.6 miles) ⓘMountain Springs Canyon Mine (Bonanza), Mountain Spring, Argus Mining District (Kellcy Mining District; Sherman Mining District), Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo County, California, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) ⓘUnknown Ag-Au-Fe-Pb-Cu occurrence [1] (Pooch No. 2 claim), Mountain Spring, Argus Mining District (Kellcy Mining District; Sherman Mining District), Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo County, California, USA
25.5km (15.8 miles) ⓘMammoth Mine [1], Mountain Spring, Argus Mining District (Kellcy Mining District; Sherman Mining District), Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo County, California, USA
27.1km (16.8 miles) ⓘFletcher claim (Corona Quarry), Mountain Spring, Argus Mining District (Kellcy Mining District; Sherman Mining District), Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo County, California, USA
27.1km (16.9 miles) ⓘWar Baby prospect (War Baby claims), Round Mountain, Inyo County, California, USA
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘMillspaugh prospect (Big 4 Iron Nos. 1-3; Millspaugh Iron deposit; Millspaugh deposit), Millspaugh, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo County, California, USA
30.9km (19.2 miles) ⓘSilver Spoon Mine, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
30.9km (19.2 miles) ⓘSilver Reef Mine, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
References
Ross, Clyde Polhemus & Robert Giertz Yates (1943), The Coso quicksilver district, Inyo County, California: USGS Bulletin 936-Q: 395-416.
www.mineralsocal.org (1999) https://www.mineralsocal.org
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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