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Pyrrhotite from
Big Canyon Mine (Oro Fino), Mount Aigare, Shingle Springs Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Big Canyon Mine (Oro Fino), Mount Aigare, Shingle Springs Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:325588
Long-form Identifier:1:3:325588:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
7.0km (4.4 miles) ⓘRip and Tear Mine (Dodson), Flonellis, Latrobe Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘBlue Cat Mine (Magdalena; Madelina; Madeline), Logtown, El Dorado Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
18.6km (11.5 miles) ⓘIrma and Weldon prospect, Drytown, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
21.1km (13.1 miles) ⓘTreasure Mine (Hazard Mine), New Chicago, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
21.5km (13.4 miles) ⓘSutter's Mill meteorite, Sutter Mill Bar and River (Old Sutter Mill site), Coloma, Coloma Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
25.0km (15.6 miles) ⓘMechanics Mine (Potazuba), Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
29.4km (18.3 miles) ⓘArgonaut Mine (Pioneer Mine; Sunset), Martell, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
34.9km (21.7 miles) ⓘKimball group (Lucky Strike claim [or Pioneer Luck Strike claim]), Pioneer, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Amador County, California, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘDefender Mine, Pioneer, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Amador County, California, USA
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘCalaveras-Columbus Mine (Columbus; Amador-Columbus), West Point, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
References
Nash, J. Thomas (1988) Geology and geochemistry of gold deposits of the Big Canyon area, El Dorado County, California USGS Bull 1854
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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