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Pyrite from
Blue Cap Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blue Cap Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:548673
Long-form Identifier:1:3:548673:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘBlack Hat Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘVanadium Queen Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘGray Daun Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘFirefly–Pigmay Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘCliff Dweller Mine, La Sal Mining District (Paradox Valley Mining District), Montrose County, Colorado, USA
10.2km (6.3 miles) ⓘCashin Mine (Red Chief claim; Titon claim; Angell claim; Horse Shoe claim; Bennie claim; Maud claim; Humboldt claim), La Sal Mining District (Paradox Valley Mining District), Montrose County, Colorado, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘPandora Mine, La Sal Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
20.7km (12.8 miles) ⓘBlue Crystal Mine, Lisbon Valley Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
22.1km (13.7 miles) ⓘRadon Mine, Lisbon Valley Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) ⓘLisbon Valley Copper Mine, Lisbon Valley Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
References
Kampf, A. R., Steele, I. M. (2008) Martyite, a new mineral species related to volborthite: Description and crystal structure. The Canadian Mineralogist, 46 (3) 687-692 doi:10.3749/canmin.46.3.687
Kampf, A. R., Hughes, J. M., Marty, J., Nash, B. (2012) Postite, Mg(H2O)6Al2(OH)2(H2O)8(V10O28)·13H2O, a new mineral species from the La Sal District, Utah: Crystal structure and descriptive mineralogy. The Canadian Mineralogist, 50 (1) 45-53 doi:10.3749/canmin.50.1.45
 
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