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Pyrite from
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MM005; south of the peak of Chitsia Mountain), Kantishna Mining District, Denali 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 - MM005; south of the peak of Chitsia Mountain), Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:593261
Long-form Identifier:1:3:593261:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.7km (0.5 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MM004; on Chitsia Mountain), Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MM006; south flank of Chitsia Mountain), Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MM007; southeast of hill 2910; west of Chitsia Creek), Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
8.6km (5.3 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MM009; mountain at head of Flume Creek), Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MM012; between Crooked Creek and Little Caribou Creek), Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
19.6km (12.2 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MM014; between Little Moose Creek and Little Caribou Creek), Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
21.0km (13.0 miles) Clearwater Barite Occurrence, Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) Little Caribou Occurrence, Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) Upper Ridge Mine, Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
24.7km (15.4 miles) Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - MM143; in Stampede Creek), Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
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