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Pyrite from
Outlaw Mine, Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Benjaminite2
Quartz2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Outlaw Mine, Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:43895
Long-form Identifier:1:3:43895:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘShale pit, Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘSilver Bismuth claim, Mariposa Canyon, Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘSenator (Red Bird Toquima), Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) ⓘBald Mountain, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) ⓘRound Mountain Mine (Sunnyside Mine), Round Mountain, Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘFairview Mine, Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘKerr-Magee Iron Prospect, Nye County, Nevada, USA
9.1km (5.7 miles) ⓘPerkins prospects (old Washington Mine?), Barcelona Mining District (Spanish Belt Mining District), Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
9.4km (5.8 miles) ⓘBarcelona Mine (Spanish Belt Mine), Barcelona Mining District (Spanish Belt Mining District), Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘThanksgiving Mine (Orphant patented claim; Thanksgiving Fraction claim), Mustang Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
References
NBMG Open File Report 79-3.
Shannon (1924), U.S. National Museum, Proceedings: 65, art. 24, 1.
Foord, Eugene E.; Shawe, Daniel R.; Conklin, Nancy M. (1988) Coexisting galena, PbS and sulfosalts: evidence for multiple episodes of mineralization in the Round Mountain and Manhattan gold districts, Nevada. The Canadian Mineralogist, 26 (2). 355-376
Cooper, Joseph F., Dunning, Gail E., Moss, Gary E. (1991) The Outlaw Mine, Nye County, Nevada. The Mineralogical Record, 22 (3) 171-182
 
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