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Pyrite from
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE163; near VABM Way), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA


Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE163; near VABM Way), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:591747
Long-form Identifier:1:3:591747:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE164; near VABM Way), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE162; mountains south of lower Butte Creek), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘSure Shot Prospect, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE166; south of lower Butte Creek), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE160; south of VABM Way), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘGold Hill; Su Prospect, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
15.5km (9.6 miles) ⓘGrizzly Bear Prospect (Grizzly), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
16.2km (10.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TK033; near VABM West Watana), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
17.4km (10.8 miles) ⓘValdez Creek area; Valdez Creek Mining Co. Mine, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
18.1km (11.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE189; near Raft Creek), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
References
(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey
 
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