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Pyrite from
Bulldog Mountain Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Acanthite6
Native Silver5
- var Amalgam4
Proustite-Pyrargyrite Series4
Native Gold4
Arsenpolybasite4
Quartz2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bulldog Mountain Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:50699
Long-form Identifier:1:3:50699:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘCommodore Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘBachelor Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘMonon Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘCorsair Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘLast Chance Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘAlpha Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘAmethyst Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘKreutzer Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘSolomon Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘRidge Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
References
December 1994
v. 89
Plumlee, Geoffrey S., Whitehouse-Veaux, Pamela Heald (1994) Mineralogy, paragenesis, and mineral zoning of the Bulldog Mountain vein system, Creede District, Colorado. Economic Geology, 89 (8) 1883-1905 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.89.8.1883
Eckel, Edwin Butt; Cobban, Robert R.; Mosburg, Shirley K.; Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
Rosemeyer, Tom (2010) Creede: The Last Wild West Silver Mining Camp in Colorado. Rocks & Minerals, 85 (5) 396-413 doi:10.1080/00357529.2010.494150
 
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