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Pyrite from
New Melones Dam, West Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA


09118350017375543749782.jpg
Pyrite, etc.

New Melones Dam, West Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
09118350017375543749782.jpg
Pyrite, etc.

New Melones Dam, West Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
09118350017375543749782.jpg
Pyrite, etc.

New Melones Dam, West Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
Locality type:Dam
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Axinite-(Fe)1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view New Melones Dam, West Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:346755
Long-form Identifier:1:3:346755:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Moccasin, New Melones Dam, West Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.1km (0.0 miles) ⓘNew Melones Dam, Calaveras County, California, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘJosephine Mine (Old Mountain Top), Mountain Top, French Creek Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘTable Mountain Mine [1], Sugarloaf Mountain, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘPatsy Bob Mine (Patsy Rob; Rio Vista), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) ⓘBown Mine (Brown Mine), Tuttletown, Tuttletown Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘRawhide Mine (Rawhide deposit; Paducah), Jamestown Mine (Jamestown group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘChileno Mine (Chilena), Carrington group (Bluett; Bluett and McCoddle; Stenchfield; Street Extension; Pine Tree; Last Chance A), Tuttletown, Tuttletown Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘGross and Street (Gross Consolidated claim; Shaw and Schollar claim; Street claim), Tuttletown, Tuttletown Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘRed Cross Placer Mine (Omega; Omega Table Mountain Gravel), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
7.2km (4.4 miles) ⓘArbona Mine (Arborn Mine), Tuttletown, Tuttletown Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
References
Pohl, Demetrius, Guillemette, Renald, Shigley, James, Dunning, Gail E. (1982) Ferroaxinite from New Melones Lake, Calaveras County, California, a Remarkable New Locality. The Mineralogical Record, 13 (5) 293-302
 
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