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Pyrite from
Margarita Mine group, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA


Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Margarita Mine group, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:529451
Long-form Identifier:1:3:529451:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Golden Eagle Mine, Margarita Mine group, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Margarita Mine (McDonald prospect), Margarita Mine group, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Rob Roy Mine, Margarita Mine group, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘOld Glory Mine, Old Glory Mine group, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘRubiana Mine group, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘAnnie Laurie prospect (Annie Laurie claims; Bright Uranium prospect), Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘBrick Mine, Bartlett Mountain, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘMontana Mine (Miller-Hansen group; Eagle Picher Mine), Montana Mine group, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘMontana Mine group, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘIdaho Mine group (Arizona group), Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Cu prospect (1), Austerlitz Mine group area, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘSmuggler Gulch Mine group (Smuggler Mine group), Smuggler Gulch, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘAusterlitz Mine group (Arginrock; Addition claim), Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10039541, MRDS ID #M050245.
 
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