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Marcasite from
Big Blue group (North Extension Sumner; Jeff Davis; Bull Run; Beauregard; Urbana; Frank; Content; Big Blue-Sumner; Glue Gouge), Wofford Heights, Cove Mining District, Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Big Blue group (North Extension Sumner; Jeff Davis; Bull Run; Beauregard; Urbana; Frank; Content; Big Blue-Sumner; Glue Gouge), Wofford Heights, Cove Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:649241
Long-form Identifier:1:3:649241:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
24.8km (15.4 miles) ⓘMonday occurrence, Havilah, Clear Creek Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
29.8km (18.5 miles) ⓘFrench Mine (Trestle Mine; French Meadows; Bowman Mine), Claraville, Piute Mountain District (Mount Sinai District), Piute Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
37.6km (23.3 miles) ⓘLocarno and Gwynne Mine (Locarno Mine; Gwynne Mine; Locarno-Simon group), Sorrell Peak, Piute Mountain District (Mount Sinai District), Piute Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
37.8km (23.5 miles) ⓘGwynne Mine (Gwynne vein; Kersey vein; Dead Tree; Deadtree; Dearborne; Shasta claim; Gwynne-Jenette: Chief claim; Mace; Jennete; Jennette vein; Kern County Consolidated Gold Mines; Hard Luck claim), Weldon Peak, Green Mountain District, Piute Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
85.8km (53.3 miles) ⓘSoledad Mountain (Butte Mountain), Mojave, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
86.6km (53.8 miles) ⓘMiddle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
86.7km (53.8 miles) ⓘCactus Gold Mine (Blue Eagle Mine; Middle Buttes Mine; Cactus Mine; Cactus Queen Mine; Shumake deposit; Shumake Mine), Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
References
Prout, John W., Jr. (1940), Geology of the Big Blue group of mines, Kernville, California: California Division Mines Report 36: 379-421
Troxel, Bennie W., Morton, Paul K. (1962) Mines and Mineral Resources of Kern County California. County Report 1. California Division of Mines and Geologypp.97-99
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 254
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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