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Pyrite from
Gold Cliff Mine (Excelsior Mine; Pilot Knob claim; Peachy No. 1 claim; Peachy No. 2 claim; Madison Fairfax claim), Angels Camp, Angels Camp Mining District, 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 Gold Cliff Mine (Excelsior Mine; Pilot Knob claim; Peachy No. 1 claim; Peachy No. 2 claim; Madison Fairfax claim), Angels Camp, Angels Camp Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:323929
Long-form Identifier:1:3:323929:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘUtica Mine, Angels Camp, Angels Camp Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘCosgrove Mine, Angels Camp, Angels Camp Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘAngels Mine (Big Mine; Southwell Mine; Fox; Valentine claims: Angels; Beda Blood; Billings; Crystal; Potter; Doctor Hill; Hennessy; McCormick; Minne; Oneida), Angels Camp, Angels Camp Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘVista Mine (Russell Mine), Angels Camp, Angels Camp Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘWaterman Mine (Centennial Mine; Fairfax Mine; Water Man), Angels Camp, Angels Camp Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘBolitha Mine (Figaro; Hardy; Toppiana claim; Bolitho claim), Angels Camp, Angels Camp Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘTriple Lode Mine (Emeline; Jumper; Blair Consolidated claims: El Dorado), Angels Camp, Angels Camp Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘBig Spring claim (Big Spring Mine; Graham), Angels Camp, Angels Camp Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘClaude Mine (Cloud Mine), Angels Camp, Angels Camp Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘBirney Mine (Birney and Golden Slip), Vallecito, Vallecito Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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