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Pyrite from
Mineral Bluff, Fannin County, Georgia, USA


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tremolite1
Chalcopyrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mineral Bluff, Fannin County, Georgia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:575693
Long-form Identifier:1:3:575693:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Number Twenty Copper Mine, Mineral Bluff, Fannin County, Georgia, USA
Phillips property, Mineral Bluff, Fannin County, Georgia, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘCutcane Creek, Fannin County, Georgia, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘNumber Twenty Copper Mine, Mineral Bluff, Fannin County, Georgia, USA
13.6km (8.4 miles) ⓘSally Jane Prospect, Fannin County, Georgia, USA
13.9km (8.6 miles) ⓘCalloway Mine, Polk County, Tennessee, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘMobile Copper Mine (Shaffer Mine), Fannin County, Georgia, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘPolk County Mine (Mary-Polk County ore body; Tennessee Copper Company; Old Polk County; Cities Service Company), Polk County, Tennessee, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘMary Mine (Mary-Polk County Ore Body; Cities Service Company), Polk County, Tennessee, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘJeptha Patterson Prospect, Fannin County, Georgia, USA
14.9km (9.3 miles) ⓘLondon Mine (McPherson Mine; Tennessee Copper Company), Polk County, Tennessee, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) ⓘCherokee Mine (School property; Old Tennessee Mine), Copperhill, Polk County, Tennessee, USA
References
Nesbitt, B. E., Kelly, W. C. (1980) Metamorphic zonation of sulfides, oxides, and graphite in and around the orebodies at Ducktown, Tennessee. Economic Geology, 75 (7) 1010-1021 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.75.7.1010
 
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