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Pyrite from
Iron Cap Mine (Iron Cap property), Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Comments:Crystals occur in soft clay.
Habit:Perfect, pyritohedral, to 1 inch (2.5 cm) diameter
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Iron Cap Mine (Iron Cap property), Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:237981
Long-form Identifier:1:3:237981:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘSilver King Mine, Comstock Wash, Kings Crown Peak area, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘMagma Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘLake Superior and Arizona Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘResolution deposit, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘBelmont Mine (Belmont Copper property; Goodwin Mine; Monte Carlo claim; Smith lease; Doggs Mine; Lone Star Mine), Belmont Canyon, Apache Leap, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘGrand Pacific Mine (Grand Pacific Copper Company property; Grand Pacific claims; Pacific group; Pacific Mine; Climax; Sandal group), Pacific Canyon, Apache Leap, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘReymert Mine, Reymert Canyon, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
13.6km (8.4 miles) ⓘSwede Mine (Swede Mine and Clark prospect; Old Swede Mine; Cole Tungsten prospect; Cole Tungsten group), Powers Gulch area, Top of the World, Summit Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
13.8km (8.6 miles) ⓘRainbow group (Clark prospect; Clark claims), Powers Gulch, Top of the World, Summit Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
13.8km (8.6 miles) ⓘGabitzsch-Owens Mine (Gabitzsch-Owens Tungsten group), Top of the World, Summit Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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