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Pyrargyrite from
Golden Sunlight Mine, Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, 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 Golden Sunlight Mine, Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:557013
Long-form Identifier:1:3:557013:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrargyrite
40.1km (24.9 miles) ⓘFree Enterprise Mine (Silver Bell), Boulder, Boulder Mining District, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
42.0km (26.1 miles) ⓘLexington Mine, Walkerville, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
42.3km (26.3 miles) ⓘAlice Mine, Walkerville, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
42.6km (26.5 miles) ⓘAnselmo Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
43.7km (27.2 miles) ⓘSpringfield Mine, Walkerville, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
47.6km (29.6 miles) ⓘClimax Apex Lode Group (Clipper; Arctic), Divide Creek Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
52.4km (32.6 miles) ⓘMontana Tunnels Mine (Part of Corbin Copper Claims), Colorado Mining District (Prickly Pear Mining District; Corbin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
58.4km (36.3 miles) ⓘChampion Silver Mine, Orofino Mining District, Deer Lodge County, Montana, USA
65.6km (40.8 miles) ⓘLittle Sampson Mine, Vaughn Mining District (Rimini Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
71.2km (44.3 miles) ⓘLone Pine Mine (Jay Hawk; Quartz Hill; Argyle), Quartz Hill Mining District (Vipond Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
References
Economic Geology,(1996) Vol. 91-3, pp.507-526
Spry, P. G., Foster, F., Truckle, J. S., Chadwick, T. H. (1997) The mineralogy of the Golden Sunlight gold-silver telluride deposit, Whitehall, Montana, U.S.A. Mineralogy and Petrology, 59 (3) 143-164 doi:10.1007/bf01161857
 
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