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Pyrite from
Hale prospect No. 3, Redrock Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hale prospect No. 3, Redrock Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:270303
Long-form Identifier:1:3:270303:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘMeadow Valley Mine, Meadow Valley Flat, Redrock Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘNew York Mine (Jensen Mine; Bingo claims; New York claims), Redrock Canyon, Redrock Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
12.8km (7.9 miles) ⓘChristmas Gift Mine (Horseshoe Mine; Hardtmayer property; Gypsy Mine; Bland property; Rhea group; Lucky Horseshoe group), Red Mountain, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘRed Mountain, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘRed Mountain Mine (Red Mountain Copper prospect; Gem Mine; Carlton property; Ten Grand Mine; Red Mountain project), Red Mountain, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘGood Luck Mine (Santa Rita Mine), Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
13.3km (8.2 miles) ⓘElevation group of claims (Elevation Mine group), Red Mountain, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
13.4km (8.3 miles) ⓘLead Queen Mine (Golden Rose; Mono Mine), Buffalo Mine group (Jefferson group), Wieland group (Wieland group claims), Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘAlta Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘSalvador Mine (Salvadore Mine; San Salvador Mine), Hermosa group, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, USGS Bull. 582: 245.
 
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