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Pyrite from
Deer Isle Mine, Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Rhodonite1
Chalcopyrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Deer Isle Mine, Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:43207
Long-form Identifier:1:3:43207:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘEggemoggin Silver mine, Sedgwick, Hancock County, Maine, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘCape Rosier Mine (Callahan Mine; Rosier Consolidated Mine), Brooksville, Blue Hill - Castine Mining District, Hancock County, Maine, USA
16.5km (10.3 miles) ⓘTapley Mine, Brooksville, Blue Hill - Castine Mining District, Hancock County, Maine, USA
16.8km (10.4 miles) ⓘBlack Hawk Mine, Brooksville, Blue Hill - Castine Mining District, Hancock County, Maine, USA
20.4km (12.7 miles) ⓘPerkins mine, Brooksville, Blue Hill - Castine Mining District, Hancock County, Maine, USA
20.5km (12.7 miles) ⓘOwen Lead Prospect, Blue Hill, Blue Hill - Castine Mining District, Hancock County, Maine, USA
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘMammoth Mine, Blue Hill, Blue Hill - Castine Mining District, Hancock County, Maine, USA
20.9km (13.0 miles) ⓘOwen Mine, Blue Hill, Blue Hill - Castine Mining District, Hancock County, Maine, USA
21.3km (13.2 miles) ⓘDouglass Copper Mine, Blue Hill, Blue Hill - Castine Mining District, Hancock County, Maine, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘEmerson Mine, Castine, Blue Hill - Castine Mining District, Hancock County, Maine, USA
References
Emmons, William H. (1910) Some ore deposits in Maine and the Milan mine, New Hampshire. Bulletin 432. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b432
 
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