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Pyrite from
Payette placer, Unorganized District, Redfish Lake area, Boise County, Idaho, USA


Locality type:Placer
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Payette placer, Unorganized District, Redfish Lake area, Boise County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:450137
Long-form Identifier:1:3:450137:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
7.5km (4.6 miles) Trail Creek prospect (Omaha Gulch Observation Peak), Stanley Basin Mining District, Boise County, Idaho, USA
11.2km (6.9 miles) Stanley Lake Creek Outcrop Occurrence, Stanley Basin Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
12.3km (7.6 miles) Ballentyne Creek prospect, Tyee Mountain area, Boise County, Idaho, USA
14.7km (9.2 miles) Redfish Lake Creek Occurrence, Redfish Lake Creek Area, Custer County, Idaho, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) Bayhorse Pass prospects, Black Warrior Mining District, Elmore County, Idaho, USA
16.7km (10.4 miles) Valley Chief Prospect, Unorganized Mining District, Elmore County, Idaho, USA
17.3km (10.7 miles) Hell Roaring Creek Occurrence, Unorganized District, Hell Roaring Creek Area, Custer County, Idaho, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) Stanley Ace Prospects, Stanley Basin Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
19.9km (12.3 miles) Shorty Group (Gem State), Valley Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
21.5km (13.3 miles) Alphabet Group Prospect, Sawtooth Mining District, Elmore County, Idaho, USA
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