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Pyrite from
Star Mine, Mount Raymond (Raymond Mountain), Madera 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 Star Mine, Mount Raymond (Raymond Mountain), Madera County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:328340
Long-form Identifier:1:3:328340:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘS. P. group (Buena Vista; Zinc Pilot; Blue; Boulder; Keystone; Wonder; Alta), Mount Raymond (Raymond Mountain), Madera County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘBiladeau Mine (Bradford; Bradford and Smith; Biladeau; Mount Raymond Lead-Zinc property; Star), Mount Raymond (Raymond Mountain), Madera County, California, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘMorning Star Consolidated prospect (Vulcan Copper Company), Mount Raymond (Raymond Mountain), Madera County, California, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘVulcan Mine (Morning Star Consolidated; Yosemite Mine; Vulcan Copper Co.; Volcan Copper Company Iron deposits), Iron Mountain (1), Madera County, California, USA
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘStrawberry Mine (Strawberry Tungsten Mine; Strawberry-Macdougald Tungsten; Strawberry Tungsten deposits), Timber Knob, Madera County, California, USA
25.4km (15.8 miles) ⓘKaderitas Mine (Little Wonder; Cader Idra; Caderitas), Peachtree Bar, Hite Cove Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
26.5km (16.5 miles) ⓘMount Buckingham group (Crown Point; Vanderbilt; Sunset III), Mariposa, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
28.3km (17.6 miles) ⓘWilliams Brothers Mine (Gibbs; Williams Brothers claim; 2; 4 & 5 Extension claims), Foresta, Mariposa County, California, USA
28.4km (17.7 miles) ⓘEl Portal Mine (El Portal Barite Mine; Barium 1 claim; Barium 2 claim; North Barium claim; South Barium claim), El Portal, Mariposa County, California, USA
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘEureka III Mine (Eureka Sky High; Eureka High), Hite Cove, Hite Cove Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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