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Pyrrhotite from
Pacoima Canyon, Los Angeles County, California, USA


Locality type:Canyon
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 Pacoima Canyon, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:644637
Long-form Identifier:1:3:644637:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrrhotite in this Region
Ore Hill Mine, Pacoima Canyon, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
41.1km (25.5 miles) ⓘVentura Mine, Simi Peak, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California, USA
94.6km (58.8 miles) ⓘJensen Quarry, Jurupa Mountains, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
95.3km (59.2 miles) ⓘHenshaw Quarry, Bloomington, San Bernardino County, California, USA
98.7km (61.3 miles) ⓘCommercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
99.1km (61.6 miles) ⓘWet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
99.8km (62.0 miles) ⓘRio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
100.0km (62.1 miles) ⓘKramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
References
Tucker, W. Burling (1921), Los Angeles field division: California Mining Bureau. Report 17: 318
Tucker, W. Burling (1924a), Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 20: 42
D’Arcy, N.A., Jr. (1939), Geology of a field trip to San Fernando Valley and Pacoima Canyon, California: Rocks & ins.: 14: 267-269
Schwartz, Jack (1956) Obtainable Minerals of Los Angeles County, California. Rocks & Minerals, 31 (1) 39-41 doi:10.1080/00357529.1956.11767637
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 77, 311, 337.
 
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