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Pyrite from
Cinnabar Queen Mine (Cinnabar Queen property; Cinnabar King Mine; Mercury Mine; Mercury group; Queen property; Adeline Mercury Mine; Big Plumne Mine; White House 30 claim), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai 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 Cinnabar Queen Mine (Cinnabar Queen property; Cinnabar King Mine; Mercury Mine; Mercury group; Queen property; Adeline Mercury Mine; Big Plumne Mine; White House 30 claim), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:438376
Long-form Identifier:1:3:438376:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘU.S. Navy Mine (U.S. Mine; Verde Anney Mine), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
2.2km (1.3 miles) ⓘCopper Hill Mine (Copper Hill group; Patented claims MS 4452), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘLoma Prieta Mine (Commercial Mine; Copper Glance Mine; Patented claims MS 3425; Copper Hill Mine [?]; Copper Basin group [in part]), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘPlymouth Mine (Finch Dig), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘBoston-Arizona Mine, Iron Springs, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) ⓘSilver Knight Mine (Blue Sky Mining Co. property; Baird group), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘMcNulty and McBride Mine (McNulty and McBride groups; Green Mountain group; Patented claims MS 3090), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘWhite Spar Mine (Mountain Star Patented claim; Maggie Patented claim; Patented claims 1570), Congress quadrangle, Martinez Mining District, Date Creek Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘCatoctin Mine, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘDerby Mine (Madizell Mine; Madizelle Mining Co. property; Puritan and Italian claims; Patented claims MS 3424), Iron Springs, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10040369, MRDS ID #M055097.
 
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