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Arsenopyrite from
Gold Creek; Eagle Bluff Prospect, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gold Creek; Eagle Bluff Prospect, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:581162
Long-form Identifier:1:3:581162:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
11.8km (7.3 miles) Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE155; west of upper Butte Creek), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
16.3km (10.1 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TK033; near VABM West Watana), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
23.6km (14.7 miles) Timberline Prospects, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
27.9km (17.3 miles) Lower White Creek Mines, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
30.6km (19.0 miles) Lucky Hill-TMC; Rainbow Hill Prospect, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
30.8km (19.2 miles) Lucky Top Prospect, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) Black Creek; Wagner and associates; Wagner lode Prospect, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
45.1km (28.0 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TK065; southeast of Mount Watana), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
46.5km (28.9 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MH043; south-flowing tributary to Coal Creek), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
52.2km (32.4 miles) Mensim; Little Green; Green Tree Prospect, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
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