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Pyrite from
Italian Mountain, Taylor Park, Dorchester Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite3
Lazurite2
Vesuvianite1
Chabazite1
Diopside1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Italian Mountain, Taylor Park, Dorchester Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:388243
Long-form Identifier:1:3:388243:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Blue Wrinkle Mine (Anderson claim), Italian Mountain, Taylor Park, Dorchester Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
Star Mine, Italian Mountain, Taylor Park, Dorchester Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘStar Mine, Italian Mountain, Taylor Park, Dorchester Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘTaylor Peak, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘDifficult Creek District Occurrence, Difficult Creek Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
11.6km (7.2 miles) ⓘMontezuma Mine (Yellow Boy; MS 2177; Emma; MS 6976), Columbia Mining District (Ashcroft Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘConundrum Creek, White Rock Granodiorite, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘRuby Mine (MS 12174; Claims: Ruby 1-4), Lincoln Mining District (Lincoln Gulch Mining District; Ruby Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
15.2km (9.4 miles) ⓘColumbia District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘHayden Peak, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘSphalerite Mine, Lincoln Mining District (Lincoln Gulch Mining District; Ruby Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘGreenhorn Occurrence, Lincoln Mining District (Lincoln Gulch Mining District; Ruby Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
References
Eckel, Edwin Butt; Cobban, Robert R.; Mosburg, Shirley K.; Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
 
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