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Pyrite from
M.C.M. Mine group (MCM Mine; Guadalupe group), San Luis Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view M.C.M. Mine group (MCM Mine; Guadalupe group), San Luis Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:177155
Long-form Identifier:1:3:177155:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘAjax Mine group, San Luis Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘYellow Jacket Mine, Yellow Jacket Wash, Bartlett Mountain, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘAmado Mine group, Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘChoctaw Mine (Fickett Mine; Anderson Mine; Noon Mine), Bartlett Mountain, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘNear Sky Line prospect, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘRagnaroc Mine (Ragnarole Mine), Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘAusterlitz Mine group (Arginrock; Addition claim), Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Cu prospect (1), Austerlitz Mine group area, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘBrick Mine, Bartlett Mountain, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
11.5km (7.1 miles) ⓘRubiana Mine group, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 106 (Table 4)
(n.d.) ADMMR Mines Database, Arizona Geological Survey.
 
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