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Pyrrhotite from
Copper Blue Mine, Belmont Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Blue Mine, Belmont Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1989498
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1989498:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘKerr-Magee Iron Prospect, Nye County, Nevada, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘPerkins prospects (old Washington Mine?), Barcelona Mining District (Spanish Belt Mining District), Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
16.1km (10.0 miles) ⓘThanksgiving Mine (Orphant patented claim; Thanksgiving Fraction claim), Mustang Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) ⓘOutlaw Mine, Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
41.9km (26.1 miles) ⓘKeyser Mine, Morey Mining District, Hot Creek Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
46.8km (29.1 miles) ⓘTybo Mine (Treadwell-Yukon Mine; 2 G shaft; Hales shaft), Tybo Mining District, Hot Creek Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
55.8km (34.7 miles) ⓘTopside Mine, Morey Mining District, Hot Creek Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
56.9km (35.3 miles) ⓘRoyston Cu deposit, Royston Mining District, Royston Hills, Nye County, Nevada, USA
68.2km (42.4 miles) ⓘGrantsville, Union Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
72.4km (45.0 miles) ⓘBuffalo Canyon prospect, Berlin, Union Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
References
DeMatties, Theodore (2026) Overview of the Monarch Ranch Serpentinite-Listwanite Occurrence, central Nevada, USA: Implications for the late Paleozoic Havallah Ophiolite’s stratigraphic framework and economic mineral potential. Ore Geology Reviews, 197. p.107492. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2026.107492
 
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