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Pyrargyrite from
Tower Mine, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrargyrite
Formula:Ag3SbS3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrargyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tower Mine, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:546809
Long-form Identifier:1:3:546809:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrargyrite
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘWildrose Mine, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) ⓘBlind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘLyford Mine (Lynford), Buscones Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
68.2km (42.4 miles) ⓘSouthern Consolidated Mine (Oro Mine; Defiance Mine; Noonday Mine; Red Cloud Mine; Addenda Mine), Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
69.3km (43.0 miles) ⓘBodie Mine (Bodie project), Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
76.2km (47.4 miles) ⓘDunderburg Mine (Dunderberg Mine), Dunderberg Peak (Castle Peak), Castle Peak Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
83.9km (52.1 miles) ⓘLucky Boy Mine (Mountain King Mine), Lucky Boy Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
89.9km (55.9 miles) ⓘMammoth prospect, Gilbert Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
References
Emmons, S. F., Becker, G. F. (1885) Statistics and Technology of the Precious Metals. Bureau of the Census.
Whiting, H.A. (1888), Mono County, California: California Mining Bureau. Report 8: 392
Sampson, Reid J. (1940), Mineral resources of Mono County: California Mining Bureau. Report 36: 36(2): 140
Rinehart, Charles Dean & Donald C. Ross (1956), Economic geology of the Casa Diablo Mountain quadrangle, California: California Division Mines Special Report 48, 17 pp.
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
 
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