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Pyrrhotite from
Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA


Locality type:Claim
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Fresnoite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz18
Sanbornite12
Cerchiaraite-(Fe)4
Titantaramellite3
Fresnoite3
Opal3
Muirite3
Traskite2
Macdonaldite2
Verplanckite2
Wollastonite-2M1
Ferroericssonite1
Gillespite1
Bazirite1
Walstromite1
Diopside1
Kampfite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:47482
Long-form Identifier:1:3:47482:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
0.0km (0.0 miles) Esquire No. 8 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Snow Cap Mine, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
5.9km (3.7 miles) Forbes Property, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) Esquire No. 1 claim, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
6.7km (4.1 miles) Cole Spring Outcrops, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) Post Oak Mine, Hughes Mountain, Fresno County, California, USA
17.8km (11.0 miles) Copper King Mine (Hart Mine), Wildcat Mountain, Foothill Copper Belt, Fresno County, California, USA
31.7km (19.7 miles) Bill Waley Mine (Bill Waley Indian Allotment Mine; Indian prospect; JHB; J.B.H.; Tom Cat claim), Washapie Mountain, Tulare County, California, USA
37.4km (23.3 miles) Fresno Mine (Heiskell Mine), Table Mountain Rancheria, Foothill Copper Belt, Fresno County, California, USA
42.6km (26.5 miles) Twin Lakes Limestone deposit, Kaiser Wilderness area, Fresno County, California, USA
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