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Pyrrhotite from
Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Mountain Range
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 Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:644916
Long-form Identifier:1:3:644916:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrrhotite in this Region
Burro and Mary F. prospect (Burro and Mary; Burro claim; Mary F. claim; Protection group; Gem Mine; New Discovery Mine; Jail Canyon; Corona Mine), Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
Southern Homestake Mine (Briggs Gold Mine; North Briggs; Grizzly Mine; Goldtooth; Southern Homestake group), Manly Peak, Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
Curran Mine, Panamint (old Panamint), Panamint Mining District (Ballarat Mining District), Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
Mountain Girl Mine (Mountain Girl deposit; Porter Mine ?; Mountain Girl claim; Mountain Girl Fraction claim), Porter Peak, South Park Mining District, Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
Ratcliff Mine, Slims Peak, South Park Mining District, Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘBurro and Mary F. prospect (Burro and Mary; Burro claim; Mary F. claim; Protection group; Gem Mine; New Discovery Mine; Jail Canyon; Corona Mine), Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
32.5km (20.2 miles) ⓘJackass Mine, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
33.0km (20.5 miles) ⓘDarwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
34.2km (21.3 miles) ⓘEmperor Mine (Darwin Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘCurran Mine, Panamint (old Panamint), Panamint Mining District (Ballarat Mining District), Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
42.2km (26.2 miles) ⓘSanta Rosa Mine (Lee-Santa Rosa Mine; Santa Rosa Mines), Malpais Mesa, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
43.7km (27.2 miles) ⓘMountain Girl Mine (Mountain Girl deposit; Porter Mine ?; Mountain Girl claim; Mountain Girl Fraction claim), Porter Peak, South Park Mining District, Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
44.9km (27.9 miles) ⓘRatcliff Mine, Slims Peak, South Park Mining District, Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
53.7km (33.4 miles) ⓘSouthern Homestake Mine (Briggs Gold Mine; North Briggs; Grizzly Mine; Goldtooth; Southern Homestake group), Manly Peak, Panamint Range (Panamint Mountains), Inyo County, California, USA
74.5km (46.3 miles) ⓘWar Baby prospect (War Baby claims), Round Mountain, Inyo County, California, USA
References
Murphy, Franklin Mac (1930), Geology of the Panamint silver district, California: Economic Geology: 25: 305-325: 313, 317
Sampson, Reid J. (1932), Mineral resources of a part of the Panamint Range: California Mining Bureau. Report 28: 349, 367, 371, 373
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 336.
 
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