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Pyrite from
Providence Gold Quartz Mine (Providence Gold Qtz; Providence Mine), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Altaite
Galena
Native Gold
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Providence Gold Quartz Mine (Providence Gold Qtz; Providence Mine), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:646196
Long-form Identifier:1:3:646196:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Ural vein, Providence Gold Quartz Mine (Providence Gold Qtz; Providence Mine), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.2km (0.2 miles) ⓘMountaineer Mine, Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘGold Hill Mine (Nevada City Mine), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘWyoming Quartz Mine (Wyoming Mine; Wyoming Qtz.), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘQueen Lil Mine (Queen Mine; Buffington Mine), Indian Flat, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘNew Pittsburg Mine, Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘOustomah Mine (Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania & Eddy), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘNevada City Mine, Indian Flat, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘPennsylvania Mine [2] (Pennsylvania Quartz Mine; Pennsylvania Qtz.), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘPioneer Mine (Mitchell Ranch), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘRagon Mine (Hilda & Ragon), Indian Flat, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
References
Lindgren, Waldemar (1896a), The gold-quartz veins of Nevada City and Grass Valley districts, California: USGS 17th. Annual Report, part 2: 117
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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