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Pyrargyrite from
Caribou Mine (Caribou shaft), Caribou Mine group, Grand Island, Caribou Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrargyrite
Formula:Ag3SbS3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrargyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Caribou Mine (Caribou shaft), Caribou Mine group, Grand Island, Caribou Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:33942
Long-form Identifier:1:3:33942:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrargyrite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘPotosi & Cross Mines, Caribou Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘGray Copper, Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
17.6km (11.0 miles) ⓘColorado, Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) ⓘIngram mine (Valley Forge Occurrence; Critic and Railroad Boy; Sunshine; Three Brothers; Atchison; Belle; Golden Eagle; Melvina; Baron; Richmond), Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
24.5km (15.2 miles) ⓘBig Five - Belman, Idaho Springs Mining District (Virginia Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
25.5km (15.8 miles) ⓘJoe Reynolds (Elida), Lawson Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘPeabody (Robineau occurrence), Lawson Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘNancy Group, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘNabob Mine (Silver Belt; Baltic; Last Chance; Walt Stemble), Lawson Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
27.8km (17.3 miles) ⓘPelican - Bismark; Mendota; Smuggler Occurrence, Georgetown District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
References
Foord, E. E.; Shawe, D. R. (1989) The Pb-Bi-Ag-Cu-(Hg) Chemistry Of Galena And Some Associated Sulfosalts: A Reviewand Some New Data From Colorado, California And Pennsylvania. The Canadian Mineralogist, 27 (3). 363-382
Eckel, Edwin Butt; Cobban, Robert R.; Mosburg, Shirley K.; Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
 
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