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Pyrite from
Maricopa Mine (Apociram claim; Katherine claim; Ophir No. 3 claim; Opoeiram claim), New River Mesa, Cave Creek Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, 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 Maricopa Mine (Apociram claim; Katherine claim; Ophir No. 3 claim; Opoeiram claim), New River Mesa, Cave Creek Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:358175
Long-form Identifier:1:3:358175:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘGold Cliff Mine, Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) ⓘThunderbird Mine (Thunderbird claims; Peralta Mine; Coleman property; Owen Adams claims), Cave Creek Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
11.7km (7.3 miles) ⓘCramm Mountain prospect (Emerald Lode; Bluebird prospect; Woolfe Estate prospect; Milwaukee prospect; Bearup Mine), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) ⓘCopper Hill group (Belle claim #1619; St. Paul patented claim #1619; Amalgamated Copper Co. claim; Minneapolis patented claim #1619), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘBig Boulder & Iron Ridge prospect (Iron Ridge deposit; Big Boulder deposit), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
27.1km (16.9 miles) ⓘKay Copper Mine (Kay Copper Corp property; Buckeye Patented claim; Marietta Patented claim; Harriet Patented claim; Diorite Patented claim; Patented claims 3512 and 3743), Black Canyon City, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
31.0km (19.3 miles) ⓘMaggie Mine (Maggie & Bella Mine; Little Maggie Mine; Jim Mine Unpatented; Unpatented claims 4634; Krull claims), Black Canyon City, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
31.9km (19.8 miles) ⓘJack White Mine (Eyrich Mine), Winifred Mining District (Winnifred Mining District), Phoenix Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
32.6km (20.2 miles) ⓘTip Top Mine (Conqueror Mine; Golden Wonder Mines Inc. property), Thule Creek area, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
33.2km (20.6 miles) ⓘSeventy-Six Mine (Seventysix Mine; Seventysix group; Seventy-Six claim; Fourth of July group), Columbia, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS file #10113784.
 
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