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Pyrite from
Kay Copper Mine (Kay Copper Corp property; Buckeye Patented claim; Marietta Patented claim; Harriet Patented claim; Diorite Patented claim; Patented claims 3512 and 3743), Black Canyon City, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Comments:Occurs as veinlets traversing schist.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kay Copper Mine (Kay Copper Corp property; Buckeye Patented claim; Marietta Patented claim; Harriet Patented claim; Diorite Patented claim; Patented claims 3512 and 3743), Black Canyon City, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:239188
Long-form Identifier:1:3:239188:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
5.9km (3.7 miles) ⓘMaggie Mine (Maggie & Bella Mine; Little Maggie Mine; Jim Mine Unpatented; Unpatented claims 4634; Krull claims), Black Canyon City, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
8.1km (5.1 miles) ⓘTip Top Mine (Conqueror Mine; Golden Wonder Mines Inc. property), Thule Creek area, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘSeventy-Six Mine (Seventysix Mine; Seventysix group; Seventy-Six claim; Fourth of July group), Columbia, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘBig Boulder & Iron Ridge prospect (Iron Ridge deposit; Big Boulder deposit), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘTom Wade Mine (4th of July group; Security; El Dorado Mine; Eldorado Mine), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
10.4km (6.5 miles) ⓘGloryana Mine, Bumble Bee, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘMayby Mine (Maybe Mine; Belcher Mine; Foy Mine; Foy group), Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘMuseum Mine (Silver Museum Mine; Museum group; Museum Mining group; Swilling Mine), Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘGolden Anchor Mine (Golden Anchor group; Johnson property), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘGreat Cross Cut prospect (Pearl adit; Johnston group; Glory Hole; Thompson Mine), Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Lindgren, W. (1926), USGS Bull. 782: 155-156
Tenney, J.B. (1928), The Mineral Industries of Arizona, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 125: 71.
 
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