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Pyrite from
Blackstone Mine, West Point, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, 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 Blackstone Mine, West Point, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:323506
Long-form Identifier:1:3:323506:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘYellow Aster Mine (Yellow Star Mine), West Point, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘCentennial Mine (New Champion Mine), West Point, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘBlizzard Mine, Glencoe, Railroad Flat Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘElkhorn Mine (Haywire Mine), Pioneer, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Amador County, California, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘHageman Mine (Sunny Boy vein), Pioneer, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Amador County, California, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘFidelity Mine, Glencoe, Railroad Flat Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
5.4km (3.4 miles) ⓘDefender Mine, Pioneer, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Amador County, California, USA
5.7km (3.6 miles) ⓘKimball group (Lucky Strike claim [or Pioneer Luck Strike claim]), Pioneer, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Amador County, California, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘGalena-Gold Hill Mine (Gold-Galena Mine), Bummerville, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘPoe Quartz Mine (Poe Mine; Dan Reynolds Mine), Independence, Railroad Flat Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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