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Pyrargyrite from
I X L Mine (I.X.L. Mine; I.X.L. deposit; Ophir lode), IXL Canyon (I.X.L. Canyon), Silver Mountain, Silver Mountain Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrargyrite
Formula:Ag3SbS3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrargyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view I X L Mine (I.X.L. Mine; I.X.L. deposit; Ophir lode), IXL Canyon (I.X.L. Canyon), Silver Mountain, Silver Mountain Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:323089
Long-form Identifier:1:3:323089:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrargyrite
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘExchequer Mine (Buckeye Mine; Acacia Mine; Saugatuck et al), IXL Canyon (I.X.L. Canyon), Silver Mountain, Silver Mountain Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
2.2km (1.3 miles) ⓘPennsylvania Mine, Silver Mountain, Silver Mountain Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘAdvance Mine (Zaca Mine; Zaca group; North Advance Mine; Collosus Mine; Colorado No. 2 Mine; Tarshish Mine), Colorado Hill, Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘLoope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
9.9km (6.2 miles) ⓘMorning Star Mine (Curtz Mine; Ardis Mine), Mogul Peak, Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
64.7km (40.2 miles) ⓘComo mine (Como Consolidated mine; Como-Eureka mine), Como Mining District, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
68.9km (42.8 miles) ⓘDaney Mine, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
73.6km (45.7 miles) ⓘJustice Mine, Storey County, Nevada, USA
73.8km (45.9 miles) ⓘDunderburg Mine (Dunderberg Mine), Dunderberg Peak (Castle Peak), Castle Peak Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
74.5km (46.3 miles) ⓘCaledonia Mine, South End group, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
References
Raymond, Rossiter Worthington (1872), Mines and mining in the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains: 42nd. Cong., 3rd. session, H. Ex. Doc. 210, 550 pp.: 13
Wheeler, G.M. (1878), Annual report upon the geographical surveys west of the 100th meridian in California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, and Montana: Appendix of US War Department Chief Engineers Annual Report 1878: 184
Hanks, Henry Garber (1886), Sixth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 6 part 1, 145 pp.: 129
Lindgren, Waldemar (1911), The Tertiary gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California: USGS pp 73, 226 pp.: 184
Eakle, Arthur Starr (1919), Alpine County: California Mining Bureau. Report 15: 13
 
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