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Gold-bearing Pyrite from
Gold Cliff Mine, Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite var: Gold-bearing Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold-bearing Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gold Cliff Mine, Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:228229
Long-form Identifier:1:3:228229:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Gold-bearing Pyrite
75.1km (46.7 miles) ⓘLittle Jessie Mine (Little Grace & Little Jessie; Ella Patented MS 1129; Chaparral Mining Co. property; Ohio Mines Co. property; Patented MS 1125-1126), Chaparral Gulch, McCabe, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
78.7km (48.9 miles) ⓘOctave Mine (Joker Mine; Bonanza Mine), Octave, Weaver Mining District (Virginia Mining District; Mocking Bird Mining District), Weaver Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
92.0km (57.2 miles) ⓘGrand Island Mine (Grand Island property), Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Wilson, E.D. (1941), AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 148: 26-27.
Dale, V.B. (1959) Tungsten deposits of Yuma, Maricopa, Pinal, and Graham Counties, Arizona. Report of Investigations 5516. United States Bureau of Mines p.3-11.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.423
 
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