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Marcasite from
Sierra Buttes Mine (Sierra City Mine; Bigelow Mine; Buttes Union Mine; Ariel Independence Mine; Ariel vein; Whiskey vein; Smith vein), Sierra City, Sierra City Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sierra Buttes Mine (Sierra City Mine; Bigelow Mine; Buttes Union Mine; Ariel Independence Mine; Ariel vein; Whiskey vein; Smith vein), Sierra City, Sierra City Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:333992
Long-form Identifier:1:3:333992:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
14.2km (8.8 miles) ⓘEnglish Mountain Mine (Marguerite Consolidated; Marguerite Cons.; Marguerite claim; Helen D. claim), English Mountain, English Mountain Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
20.0km (12.4 miles) ⓘUncle Sam Mine (Verrue; Keller; Yates; Simpson; North Fork Mine; Wisconsin Extension; Wisconsin Ext), Forest, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
21.1km (13.1 miles) ⓘ16 to 1 Mine (Sixteen-to-One Mine; Original Sixteen-to-One Mine), Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
21.1km (13.1 miles) ⓘRainbow Mine, 16 to 1 Mine (Sixteen-to-One Mine; Original Sixteen-to-One Mine), Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
52.2km (32.4 miles) ⓘGrass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
71.6km (44.5 miles) ⓘSurcease Mine (Bunker Hill Mine; Treasure Hill Mine), Big Bend, Butte County, California, USA
74.3km (46.2 miles) ⓘSpenceville Mine (Spense Mineral; San Francisco Copper Company; Copper claim; Imperial Paint and Copper Co. property), Spenceville, Spenceville Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
85.0km (52.8 miles) ⓘHathaway Mine (Buttes Mine), Ophir, Ophir Mining District (Auburn Mining District; Duncan Hill Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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