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Pyrite from
Baroid Mine (Chamberlain Creek Barite Mines), Chamberlain Creek Valley, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Comments:Less than 3% of the mine-run ore.
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Baroid Mine (Chamberlain Creek Barite Mines), Chamberlain Creek Valley, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:56747
Long-form Identifier:1:3:56747:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘMagcobar Mine (Chamberlain Creek Barite Mines), Chamberlain Creek Valley, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘKilpatrick and Adams Mine (Hardy-Walsh Brookite deposit), Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘUnion Carbide Christy Vanadium Mine, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘKimzey Calcite Quarry (Calcite Hill), Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘMo-Ti Corporation prospect, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘChristy property, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘRichardson Rutile prospect, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘMagnet Cove Rutile Company deposits, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘJones Mill Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) ⓘCove Creek Bridge and The Branch area, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
References
Rocks & Min.:63:108
Brobst, D. A. (1958) Barite resources of the United States. Bulletin 1072b. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b1072b p.95
Scull(1959).
 
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