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Pyrite from
Colorado Mine (Colorado Quartz Mine; Colorado Quartz claim), Colorado, Colorado Mining District, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa 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 Colorado Mine (Colorado Quartz Mine; Colorado Quartz claim), Colorado, Colorado Mining District, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:328658
Long-form Identifier:1:3:328658:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘMockingbird Mine (Talc & Lacy claim), Colorado area, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘWhite Oak Mine (White Oak Extension Mine), Colorado area, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘOur Chance Mine (Clark Mines; Albert Austin group), Whitlock (Farmer's Hope; Whitlock Creek; Whitlock Gulch), Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘWhitlock Mine (Whitlock group; Consolidated Whitlock and Alabama; Westward claim; Alabama claim; Whitlock claim), Whitlock (Farmer's Hope; Whitlock Creek; Whitlock Gulch), Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
3.6km (2.3 miles) ⓘNorth Whitlock Mine, Whitlock (Farmer's Hope; Whitlock Creek; Whitlock Gulch), Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘSpread Eagle group (Empire claim; Farmers Hope; Fanny; Mineral Hope; Little Charlie; Mohawk; Tollgate; Monarch; Bonanza II; Miners Hope), Whitlock (Farmer's Hope; Whitlock Creek; Whitlock Gulch), Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘFeliciana Mine, Feliciana Mountain, Jerseydale Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘKane Mine, Mariposa, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
7.5km (4.7 miles) ⓘMariposa Mine, Mariposa, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘLeach Mine, Quartz Mountain [1], East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
References
Weir, R. H., Kerrick, D. M. (1987) Mineralogic, fluid inclusion, and stable isotope studies of several gold mines in the Mother Lode, Tuolumne and Mariposa counties, California. Economic Geology, 82 (2) 328-344 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.82.2.328
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
Cook, Lees, Francis (2009) The Colorado Quartz Gold Mine Mariposa County, California. Rocks & Minerals 84:396-412
 
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