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Pyrite from
Barbers Hill Salt Dome (Barbers Hill), Mont Belvieu, Chambers County, Texas, USA


Locality type:Dome
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Barbers Hill Salt Dome (Barbers Hill), Mont Belvieu, Chambers County, Texas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:198277
Long-form Identifier:1:3:198277:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Barbers Hill Mine, Barbers Hill Salt Dome (Barbers Hill), Mont Belvieu, Chambers County, Texas, USA
Storage Well No. 1, Barbers Hill Salt Dome (Barbers Hill), Mont Belvieu, Chambers County, Texas, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
6.0km (3.7 miles) Barbers Hill Mine, Barbers Hill Salt Dome (Barbers Hill), Mont Belvieu, Chambers County, Texas, USA
20.3km (12.6 miles) Moss Bluff dome (Moss Bluff Mine), Moss Bluff, Liberty County, Texas, USA
37.3km (23.2 miles) Humble Dome (Humble Dome prospect), Humble, Harris County, Texas, USA
57.6km (35.8 miles) Sour Lake Salt Dome, Hardin County, Texas, USA
60.8km (37.8 miles) Saratoga Salt Dome, Saratoga, Hardin County, Texas, USA
65.5km (40.7 miles) Blue Ridge Salt Dome (Blue Ridge Mine; Blue Ridge oil field), Missouri City, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA
82.3km (51.1 miles) Spindletop dome (Spindletop oil field; Spindletop wells; Spindletop Dome Mine; Spindletop Dome Sulfur Mine), Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA
85.2km (52.9 miles) Hoskins Mound Mine, Hoskins Mound, Hoskins, Brazoria County, Texas, USA
89.8km (55.8 miles) Long Point dome, Rosenberg, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA
91.6km (56.9 miles) Hockley Dome Mine (United Salt Mine), Hockley, Harris County, Texas, USA
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