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Pyrrhotite from
Portage Bay mine; Portage Gold mines; Portage; Viette Mine, Prince William Sound Mining District, Anchorage, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Portage Bay mine; Portage Gold mines; Portage; Viette Mine, Prince William Sound Mining District, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:587678
Long-form Identifier:1:3:587678:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘDunklee and Reilly; Black Bear; Yellow Horse Prospect, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) ⓘHillside; Banta; Sullivan Occurrence, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SR055; Cove Creek), Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
13.8km (8.6 miles) ⓘMineral King; Herman and Eaton; Bettles Bay; Herman-Everman; Merrill Mine, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
16.5km (10.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Prospect (ARDF - SR165; Surprise Cove), Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘReed; Gauthier; and Cooper Prospect, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
21.7km (13.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SR163; near Northland Glacier), Prince William Sound Mining District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
22.0km (13.7 miles) ⓘKavanaugh and Boon; Esther Group Prospect, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
23.1km (14.4 miles) ⓘJohn Sells; Sells Mine, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) ⓘFish; Collins and Stewart Prospect, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
References
(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey
 
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