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Pyrite from
Unnamed Fluorspar occurrence [9] (USGS PP 1361 locality 878), Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Comments:Oxidizing to red & yellow iron oxides.
Habit:Cubic
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed Fluorspar occurrence [9] (USGS PP 1361 locality 878), Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:193191
Long-form Identifier:1:3:193191:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au occurrence [12] (USGS PP1361 locality 923), Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed Fluorspar occurrence [7] (USGS PP 1361 locality 876), Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
1.0km (0.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Fluorspar occurrence [10] (USGS PP 1361 locality 917), Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed unspecified prospect [11] (USGS PP 1361 locality 887), Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
1.4km (0.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed unspecified prospect [14] (USGS PP 1361 locality 913a), Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
1.4km (0.8 miles) ⓘJumbo prospect, Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘCyclopic 6 prospects, Cyclopic, Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed Pb prospects [6] (USGS PP 1361 locality 891), Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Fe-Cu occurrence [1] (Unnamed site; USGS PP 1361 locality 1097), Senator Mountain, Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘCyclopic Mine, Cyclopic, Gold Basin Mining District, White Hills, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
References
Theodore, T.G., et al (1987), USGS PP 1361: 158 (Table 11).
 
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