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Marcasite from
Spenceville Mine (Spense Mineral; San Francisco Copper Company; Copper claim; Imperial Paint and Copper Co. property), Spenceville, Spenceville Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Comments:Occurs in an enriched zone with Cu sulphides.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Bornite
Chalcocite
Covellite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Spenceville Mine (Spense Mineral; San Francisco Copper Company; Copper claim; Imperial Paint and Copper Co. property), Spenceville, Spenceville Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:640262
Long-form Identifier:1:3:640262:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
23.3km (14.5 miles) ⓘGrass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘHathaway Mine (Buttes Mine), Ophir, Ophir Mining District (Auburn Mining District; Duncan Hill Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
53.3km (33.1 miles) ⓘRainbow Mine, 16 to 1 Mine (Sixteen-to-One Mine; Original Sixteen-to-One Mine), Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
53.5km (33.3 miles) ⓘ16 to 1 Mine (Sixteen-to-One Mine; Original Sixteen-to-One Mine), Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
55.6km (34.6 miles) ⓘUncle Sam Mine (Verrue; Keller; Yates; Simpson; North Fork Mine; Wisconsin Extension; Wisconsin Ext), Forest, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
66.0km (41.0 miles) ⓘSurcease Mine (Bunker Hill Mine; Treasure Hill Mine), Big Bend, Butte County, California, USA
72.0km (44.7 miles) ⓘEnglish Mountain Mine (Marguerite Consolidated; Marguerite Cons.; Marguerite claim; Helen D. claim), English Mountain, English Mountain Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
74.3km (46.2 miles) ⓘSierra Buttes Mine (Sierra City Mine; Bigelow Mine; Buttes Union Mine; Ariel Independence Mine; Ariel vein; Whiskey vein; Smith vein), Sierra City, Sierra City Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
92.5km (57.5 miles) ⓘOneida Mine, Martell, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
97.5km (60.6 miles) ⓘDefender Mine, Pioneer, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Amador County, California, USA
References
Forstner, William (1908), Copper deposits in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada: Mining and Scientific Press: 96: 745
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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