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Pyrite from
Big Banana Mine (Maude claim; Big Banana Nos. 1-2-3 claims), Baboquivari Mining District, Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, 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 Big Banana Mine (Maude claim; Big Banana Nos. 1-2-3 claims), Baboquivari Mining District, Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:177389
Long-form Identifier:1:3:177389:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
10.4km (6.5 miles) ⓘAllison Mine (Fresnel Mine; Chance Mine; El Oro Mine; Old Gold Mine; Fourth of July vein; Roberts vein), Fresnel Canyon, Baboquivari Mining District, Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘBonanza Mine (Bonanza vein; SRK Mine; Mitchell Mine; Kerr Mine; Calvillo Mine), Coyote Mining District, Coyote Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
18.1km (11.3 miles) ⓘBadger Mine, Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District), Comobabi Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘCorona group of claims, Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District), Comobabi Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
20.5km (12.7 miles) ⓘJupiter Mine, Mildred Peak, Baboquivari Mining District, Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
21.2km (13.2 miles) ⓘGold Bullion Mine (Banes 1 & 2 claims; Banes claims; Last Chance claim group; Tellurium claim group), Weaver Canyon, Baboquivari Mining District, Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
21.7km (13.5 miles) ⓘEmmett & Elgin Mine, Baboquivari Mining District, Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
22.0km (13.7 miles) ⓘSherwood Mine (Reilly Lode; Green Mine), Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District), Comobabi Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
25.8km (16.0 miles) ⓘBerkley Mine, Baboquivari Mining District, Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
27.1km (16.8 miles) ⓘSteppe Mine (Steppe claim; Little Mary Mine), Mildren Mine group, Ko Vaya, Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District), Comobabi Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Dale, et al (1960): 67-69.
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 108 (Table 4)
 
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