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Pyrite from
Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Comments:Occurs as minute cubes in joint cracks in a dense black basalt underlying the deposit. Also occurs as minute brassy crystals in nodules and geodes of calcite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Calcite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:510014
Long-form Identifier:1:3:510014:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘAmerican Gold and Tungsten Mine (Top Notch), Atolia, Atolia Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
34.7km (21.5 miles) ⓘMonarch-Rand Mine (Monarch Rand group; Jersey Lily group of claims), Johannesburg, Johannesburg District, Kern County, California, USA
35.0km (21.8 miles) ⓘTreasure Hill Mine, Johannesburg, Johannesburg District, Kern County, California, USA
35.1km (21.8 miles) ⓘMispah-Montana claims (Montana Fraction claim; Mispah Extension claim), Johannesburg, Johannesburg District, Kern County, California, USA
35.6km (22.1 miles) ⓘKelly Mine, Randsburg, Kern County, California, USA
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘKing Solomon Mine (King Soloman; King Solomon Soloman; King Solomon claim; Ashford Mine; Magpie claim; Nosser claim; Blind claim), Butte Mine (Big Four; Big Butte; Butte lode), Randsburg, Kern County, California, USA
43.8km (27.2 miles) ⓘVictory Mine (Yellow Dog Extension Mine; Victory claim; Russian Boy vein; Liberty claim; Bull Moose claim; Bull Moose Fraction claim; Bull Moose Nos. 1 & 2 claims), Standard group, Standard Hill, Mojave, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
44.4km (27.6 miles) ⓘWhitmore Mine (Antique claim; Antique Extension claim; Whitmore Nos. 2 through 7 claims; Whitmore Extension claim; Valley claim), Standard group, Standard Hill, Mojave, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
47.4km (29.4 miles) ⓘSmith Mine (Schmidt; Iron Hat), Black Mountain, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
47.6km (29.6 miles) ⓘApache Mine (Holland), Black Mountain, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
References
California Division of Mines & Geology: Mineral Information Service: 22(10) (Oct 1969).
Morgan, V. and Erd, R.C. (1969) Minerals of the Kramer borate district, California California Division of Mines and Geology Mineral Information Service: 22(9): 166
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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