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Pyrite from
Brady Glacier nickel-copper deposit Prospect, Glacier Bay Mining District, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brady Glacier nickel-copper deposit Prospect, Glacier Bay Mining District, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:577647
Long-form Identifier:1:3:577647:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
22.4km (13.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MF072; east of Brady Glacier), Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA
27.5km (17.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MF052; west head of Hugh Miller Glacier), Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA
30.5km (18.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MF051; near Scidmore Glacier), Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA
32.1km (19.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MF014; near Cascade Glacier), Yakutat Mining District, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA
32.4km (20.1 miles) ⓘRambler; Challenger Prospect, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA
32.5km (20.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrences (ARDF - MF057; southwest Gilbert Peninsula), Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) ⓘGalena Mine, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA
34.0km (21.1 miles) ⓘHopalong Mine, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA
34.2km (21.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MF006; near the mouth of Crillon Inlet to Lituya Bay), Yakutat Mining District, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MF025; southwest of Mt. Parker), Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA
References
(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey
 
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