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Pyrite from
Criterion Mine, Alma, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, 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 Criterion Mine, Alma, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:225986
Long-form Identifier:1:3:225986:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘBuckskin Joe Mine (Buckskin Joe; Phillips Mine), Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘOrphan Mine (Orphan Boy Mine), Alma, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘDetroit City Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘHock Hocking Mine (Hock Hock), Alma, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘSweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘPhillips Mine, Alma, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘLondon Mine, London Mountain, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘTanner Boy Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) ⓘKite Lake, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘExcelsior Mine, Alma, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
References
Emmons, Samuel Franklin (1886) Geology and mining industry of Leadville, Colorado, with atlas. Monograph 12. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/m12
 
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