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Pyrrhotite from
Pocohontas Mine, Copper Hill, Green Mountain Mining District (Ben Hur Mining District), Mariposa 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 Pocohontas Mine, Copper Hill, Green Mountain Mining District (Ben Hur Mining District), Mariposa County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:329074
Long-form Identifier:1:3:329074:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘJohnnie Green Mine (Johnny Green Mine; Green Mine; Johnny Green Jr. Mine), Copper Hill, Green Mountain Mining District (Ben Hur Mining District), Mariposa County, California, USA
12.0km (7.4 miles) ⓘGreen Monster Mine (Copper Queen Mine; Copper Mountain Mine; Legioneer Mine), Green Mountain, Green Mountain Mining District (Ben Hur Mining District), Mariposa County, California, USA
18.7km (11.6 miles) ⓘBuchanan Mine (Johnson group; Johnston), Iron Mountain (2), Daulton, Daulton Mining District, Madera County, California, USA
24.6km (15.3 miles) ⓘJessie Belle Mine (Jesbel Mine; June Belle Mine [?]), Daulton group, Daulton, Daulton Mining District, Madera County, California, USA
24.8km (15.4 miles) ⓘ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
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘMockingbird Mine (Talc & Lacy claim), Colorado area, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
27.8km (17.2 miles) ⓘNe Plus Ultra Mine (Daulton Copper Mine; Dalton Mine; Daulton Copper deposit; California Copper Co.), Daulton group, Daulton, Daulton Mining District, Madera County, California, USA
30.7km (19.1 miles) ⓘCroesus Mine (Croesus prospect; Crown Prince), Bagby, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
38.7km (24.1 miles) ⓘKrohn and Ward prospect, Adobe Hill, Madera County, California, USA
42.5km (26.4 miles) ⓘTrumbull Peak Ba-silicate deposit, Trumbull Peak, Clearing House, Clearing House Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
References
Bowen, O.E., Jr. & C.H. Gray, Jr. (1957), Mines and mineral deposits of Mariposa County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 53(1&2): 62-68
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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