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Arsenopyrite from
Contact Mine (Contact group), Twin Lakes, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Comments:Occurs in a vein 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 cm) wide.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Scorodite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Contact Mine (Contact group), Twin Lakes, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:656305
Long-form Identifier:1:3:656305:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
16.1km (10.0 miles) ⓘMiddle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
16.4km (10.2 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
28.9km (18.0 miles) ⓘGray Eagle prospect (Gray Eagle Discovery prospect; Gray Eagle claim), Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
29.2km (18.1 miles) ⓘHogan-Mallery Tin Mine (Hogan-Mallery Meek Mine; Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Mine), Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
50.0km (31.0 miles) ⓘGreen Mountain District, Piute Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
55.2km (34.3 miles) ⓘLang Mine, Tick Canyon Borate deposit, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles County, California, USA
58.7km (36.5 miles) ⓘKing Solomon Mine (King Soloman; Pleasent View), Havilah, Clear Creek Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
60.2km (37.4 miles) ⓘWarrington Mine (Little Angel), Havilah, Clear Creek Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
85.3km (53.0 miles) ⓘRand Mine (Yellow Aster Mine; Baltic 0060291248; Yellow Aster 0060290374), Randsburg, Kern County, California, USA
86.4km (53.7 miles) ⓘKing Solomon Mine (King Soloman; King Solomon Soloman; King Solomon claim; Ashford Mine; Magpie claim; Nosser claim; Blind claim), Butte Mine (Big Four; Big Butte; Butte lode), Randsburg, Kern County, California, USA
References
Tucker, W. Burling (1924a), Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 20: 368
Tucker, W. Burling, Reid J. Sampson, & Gordon Blaisdell Oakeshott (1949), Mineral resources of Kern County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 45: 207
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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