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Pyrite from
Thunder Mine (Thunder group of claims), Standard and Thunder prospects (Thunder and Standard Mine group), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, 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 Thunder Mine (Thunder group of claims), Standard and Thunder prospects (Thunder and Standard Mine group), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:271464
Long-form Identifier:1:3:271464:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘStandard and Thunder prospects (Thunder and Standard Mine group), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘBlue Nose Mine (Abe Lincoln Mine; War Horse Mine; Big Chief Mine; Big Jim Mine; Blue Nose Extension Mine; Home Again Virginia Hay claims), Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘVolcano Mine, Sunnyside & Volcano Mines (Sunnyside Mine group; Volcano-Sunnyside Mine; Sunnyside Mine), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘVentura Mine group (Morris group; George Morris Mine; George Morris Gold claim; Old Timer Mine; Homestake Mine; Georgia Mines), Ventura Canyon, Cox Gulch, Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘO'Mara Mine (Old Soldier Mine), Canada de la Paloma, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘStandard group of claims (Standard prospect), Standard and Thunder prospects (Thunder and Standard Mine group), Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘEndless Chain Mine (Cunningham tunnel), Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘEuropean Mine group (Buena Vista group), Cox Gulch, Palmetto Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘMorning Glory Mine, Alum Gulch, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘAmerican Mine (Virginia Hay claims), American Peak, 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: 256-257.
 
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