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Arsenopyrite from
Colorado Mine (Colorado Quartz Mine; Colorado Quartz claim), Colorado, Colorado Mining District, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Colorado Mine (Colorado Quartz Mine; Colorado Quartz claim), Colorado, Colorado Mining District, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:565425
Long-form Identifier:1:3:565425:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘMockingbird Mine (Talc & Lacy claim), Colorado area, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘDiltz Mine (Diltz claim; W.Y.O.D. claim; Diltz and Mann), Whitlock (Farmer's Hope; Whitlock Creek; Whitlock Gulch), Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘCripple Creek Mine, Mariposa, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
13.9km (8.6 miles) ⓘJosephine Mine (Pine Tree Mine; Pine Tree Josephine Mine; Pine Tree and Josephine Mine), Pacific Mining Co. group, Bagby, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘSilver Bar Mine (Ryan Silver Mine; Bryant Mine), Bootjack, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
16.0km (9.9 miles) ⓘBandarita Mine (Bandaritta Mine; Eclipse Mine; Goodwin Mine; Bandarita Nos. 1 & 2 claims; Little Fort Knox claim; Fort Knox No. 2 claim; Kinsley Nos. 1; 2 & 3 claims), Texas Hill, Kinsley Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
17.0km (10.5 miles) ⓘCathey Mining District (Cathay Mining District), West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
17.3km (10.8 miles) ⓘRich Mine (Bobbie Mining Company), Catheys Valley, Cathey Mining District (Cathay Mining District), West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
17.9km (11.1 miles) ⓘMount Gaines Mine (Frenchman Mine; Bearfield Mine; Barfield Mine; Mount Gaines Gold Mine), Quartzburg, Hornitos Mining District, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
19.1km (11.9 miles) ⓘFrancis Mine (Frances Mine), Round Hills, Cathey Mining District (Cathay Mining District), West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
References
Weir, R. H., Kerrick, D. M. (1987) Mineralogic, fluid inclusion, and stable isotope studies of several gold mines in the Mother Lode, Tuolumne and Mariposa counties, California. Economic Geology, 82 (2) 328-344 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.82.2.328
Cook, Lees, Francis (2009) The Colorado Quartz Gold Mine Mariposa County, California. Rocks & Minerals 84:396-412
 
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