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Pyrite from
Virginia Hill (USGS Bull. 1676 locality 15), Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Virginia Hill (USGS Bull. 1676 locality 15), Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:194477
Long-form Identifier:1:3:194477:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘBuckeye Apache Mine (Buckeye Mine; Sunrise Mine; Apache Mine; Fairview group), Buckeye Canyon, Luzena, Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘHowell Mine (Grace E Mine; Lowwill Mine; Red Jacket ?), Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘElma Mine (Central Mine; Tout group), Central Copper Co. group, Dos Cabezas, Dos Cabezas Mining District (Two Heads Mining District), Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘRough Mountain (USGS Bull. 1676 site 22; Rough Mountain Quartz vein), Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘGold Farm Mine (Gold Farm claim), Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘMascot Mine, Mascot Mine group (Bachelder group; Tout group), Dos Cabezas, Dos Cabezas Mining District (Two Heads Mining District), Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘMascot Mine group (Bachelder group; Tout group), Dos Cabezas, Dos Cabezas Mining District (Two Heads Mining District), Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘMineral Park Mines, Dos Cabezas Mining District (Two Heads Mining District), Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘDives Mine (Bear Cave Mine; Porter Mine; Emma Mine; Nettle Mine; Nobbey Mine), Dos Cabezas Mining District (Two Heads Mining District), Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
5.2km (3.3 miles) ⓘArizona Klondyke Mine, Arizona and Klondyke groups, Bean Canyon, Dos Cabezas Mining District (Two Heads Mining District), Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
Drewes, Harold, et al (1988), Volcanic & structural controls of mineralization in the Dos Cabezas Mts, SE AZ, USGS Bull. 1676: 22 (Table 2).
 
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