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Pyrite from
Reef Ridge Prospect, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, 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 Reef Ridge Prospect, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:588319
Long-form Identifier:1:3:588319:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
13.3km (8.3 miles) ⓘUrsus Occurrence, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
16.1km (10.0 miles) ⓘVon Frank - South Prospect, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
17.9km (11.1 miles) ⓘVon Frank - North Occurrence, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘFrozen Creek Prospect, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘMystery Mountains East Prospect, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
18.9km (11.7 miles) ⓘPork Chop Prospect, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘCopenhagen Hill Prospect, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
25.7km (16.0 miles) ⓘNixon Fork; Mespelt; Crystal; Garnet; High Grade; Mespelt Inclined Shaft; Recreation; Keen; Twin Shafts; Mespelt Main Shaft; Garnet Trench; Parsons And Strand; Southern Cross Mine, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘNixon Fork - Crystal; Garnet Extension Mines, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
26.6km (16.5 miles) ⓘWhalen; Whalen and Griffin Mine, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
References
(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey
The non sulphide zinc mineralisation of Reef Ridge, Alaska. in Abdurrahman, A., J. C. Ø. Andersen, and B. J. Williamson. "Meeting of the Geological Society’s Mineral Deposits Studies Group was held on the 2nd–4th January 2013 at the University of Leicester, UK." Applied Earth Science (Trans. Inst. Min. Metall. B) 121.4 (2012): 202.
Santoro, L. (2015). The Jabali, Hakkari and Reef Ridge nonsulfide Zn (Pb) deposits: an evaluation by QEMSCAN® technology, and comparison to other analytical methods. PhD thesis, Università Degli Studi Di Napoli “Federico II”
 
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