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Pyrite from
Beasore claims, Beck Lakes, Red Top Mountain, Minarets Mining District (Mountain Mining District; Raymond Mining District; Minaret Mining District), Ritter Range, Madera County, California, USA


Locality type:Claim
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Comments:Occurs as large cubes in a quartz vein.
Habit:Cubic
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Beasore claims, Beck Lakes, Red Top Mountain, Minarets Mining District (Mountain Mining District; Raymond Mining District; Minaret Mining District), Ritter Range, Madera County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:648756
Long-form Identifier:1:3:648756:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘKennedy prospect (Superior; King Creek group; Joe Kennedy), Red Top Mountain, Minarets Mining District (Mountain Mining District; Raymond Mining District; Minaret Mining District), Ritter Range, Madera County, California, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘAgnew Meadow Mine (Agnew Meadow Manganese prospect/deposit; Mammoth Lakes), Olaine Lake, Agnew Meadows, Madera County, California, USA
14.7km (9.2 miles) ⓘStrawberry Mine (Strawberry Tungsten Mine; Strawberry-Macdougald Tungsten; Strawberry Tungsten deposits), Timber Knob, Madera County, California, USA
16.8km (10.5 miles) ⓘFaulk Mine, Mammoth Lakes, Lakes Mining District (Lake Mining District; Mammoth Mining District), Mono County, California, USA
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘSierra group (Sierra No. 3 claim; Sierra No. 4 claim; Sierra No. 6 claim), Mammoth Lakes, Lakes Mining District (Lake Mining District; Mammoth Mining District), Mono County, California, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘMammoth Consolidated Mine (Mammoth Mine; Crystal Craig Mine; Argosy group), Mammoth Lakes, Lakes Mining District (Lake Mining District; Mammoth Mining District), Mono County, California, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) ⓘHard Point Mine (Lloyd; Sibyl; Red Bluff; Bloody Mountain Tungsten group: Free Gold; Joe claims; Laurel Creek prospect), Bloody Mountain, Mono County, California, USA
31.9km (19.8 miles) ⓘMorning Star Consolidated prospect (Vulcan Copper Company), Mount Raymond (Raymond Mountain), Madera County, California, USA
32.3km (20.1 miles) ⓘSeptember claims (September Holding & Hillen), Bennettville, Tioga Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
32.4km (20.2 miles) ⓘTioga Mine (Homestake Mine), Bennettville, Tioga Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
References
Hess, Frank L. (1921), Tungsten: Mineral Resources U.S., 1917, part 1: 938
Erwin, H.D. (1934), Geology and mineral resources of northeastern Madera County, California: California Division Mines Report 30: 73
Krauskopf, Konrad Bates (1953), Tungsten deposits of Madera, Fresno, and Tulare Counties, California: California Division Mines Special Report 35, 83 pp.: 72.
 
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