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Pyrrhotite from
Lynx Creek Mine, Hope Mining District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, 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 Lynx Creek Mine, Hope Mining District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:603247
Long-form Identifier:1:3:603247:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
17.4km (10.8 miles) Heaston-Oracle; Alaska Oracle Mining Co.; Oracle No. 2; Oracle Extension Mine, Hope Mining District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
18.7km (11.7 miles) Gilpatrick Dike; Sprague and Byers Mine, Hope Mining District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
26.2km (16.3 miles) Kaffir Ledge and Buster; Quartz Creek; Fairman-Madison; Tina Maria; Charlie Horse Prospect, Seward Mining District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) California-Alaska; Falls Creek Mine, Hope Mining District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
31.8km (19.8 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SR163; near Northland Glacier), Prince William Sound Mining District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
32.5km (20.2 miles) Dunrovin Occurrence, Hope Mining District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
33.1km (20.5 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SR162; west headwaters of Kings River), Prince William Sound Mining District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
35.0km (21.7 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SR055; Cove Creek), Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
35.3km (21.9 miles) K and T; Victory; Victor Prospect, Hope Mining District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
36.3km (22.6 miles) Hillside; Banta; Sullivan Occurrence, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
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