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Pyrite from
Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - CV032; Dick Creek drainage), Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, 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 Occurrences (ARDF - CV032; Dick Creek drainage), Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:594977
Long-form Identifier:1:3:594977:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
12.3km (7.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrences (ARDF - CV070; Don Miller Hills area), Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
47.1km (29.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CV056; north of lower Childs Glacier), Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
49.2km (30.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CV057; north wall Grinnell Glacier), Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
50.3km (31.3 miles) ⓘKayak Island Occurrence, Yakataga Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
50.6km (31.4 miles) ⓘMcKinley Lake mine[ Rilley Group; Lucky Strike prospect; Bear Creek prospect Mine (McKinley Lake gold camp), Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
63.8km (39.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CV058; north wall of Shiels Glacier), Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
64.6km (40.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CV052; northwest of Scott Glacier), Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
66.8km (41.5 miles) ⓘStandard Mines Prospect, Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
68.1km (42.3 miles) ⓘIbach; The Sure Thing 1906 Prospect, Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
69.1km (42.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CV054; west of lower Ibeck Creek), Copper River 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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