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Pyrite from
Steward Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Comments:The Stewart is probably most famous for the bornite and tennatite specimens found there. I have one very interesting specimen consisting of a single needle of betekthinite to 1.5cm included within a translucent, doubly terminated calcite scalenohedron to
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz35
Bornite15
Enargite15
Chalcocite10
Tennantite Subgroup4
Digenite3
Native Silver3
Tetrahedrite Subgroup2
Djurleite2
Wurtzite2
Covellite2
Chalcocite-Digenite Group2
Betekhtinite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Steward Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:31499
Long-form Identifier:1:3:31499:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Clear Grit Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Late Aquisition Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.2km (0.2 miles) Original Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) Little Mina Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) Gagnon Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) Blue Jay Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Parrot Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Smokehouse Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Nipper Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Oden Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
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