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Marcasite from
Sleeper mine, Awakening Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sleeper mine, Awakening Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:287172
Long-form Identifier:1:3:287172:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
31.1km (19.3 miles) ⓘIron King mine (DeLong mine), Jackson Mountains Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
31.1km (19.3 miles) ⓘDelong Mine/Iron King Mine, Jackson Mountains Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
43.1km (26.8 miles) ⓘG. S. and I Claim, Rebel Creek Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
51.8km (32.2 miles) ⓘMoonlight Mine, Disaster Mining District, Montana Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
66.0km (41.0 miles) ⓘBell vein, Buckskin Mountain, National Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
66.6km (41.4 miles) ⓘBuckskin National mine, Buckskin Mountain, National Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
66.9km (41.6 miles) ⓘBirthday vein, National Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
67.6km (42.0 miles) ⓘGetchell Underground/Turquoise Ridge, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
67.7km (42.1 miles) ⓘTurquoise Ridge Mine, Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
67.7km (42.1 miles) ⓘHansen Creek Deposit, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
References
USGS Bull 2090
Saunders, James A. (1994) Silica and gold textures in bonanza ores of the Sleeper Deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada; evidence for colloids and implications for epithermal ore-forming processes. Economic Geology, 89 (3) 628-638 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.89.3.628
Castor, Stephen B.; Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology 512pp.
WARREN, I. (2005) Geology, geochemistry, and genesis of the El Pe˜nón epithermal Au-Ag deposit, northern Chile: Characteristics of a bonanza-grade deposit and techniques for exploration. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, New Zealand, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 428 pp.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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