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Pyrrhotite from
Defender Mine, Pioneer, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Amador County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Marcasite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Defender Mine, Pioneer, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Amador County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:668343
Long-form Identifier:1:3:668343:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘKimball group (Lucky Strike claim [or Pioneer Luck Strike claim]), Pioneer, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Amador County, California, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘCalaveras-Columbus Mine (Columbus; Amador-Columbus), West Point, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘLone Star Mine [1] (Reed & Hillary Mine; Lone Star Reed & Hillary), West Point, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘBelden Mine, Barton, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Amador County, California, USA
5.1km (3.1 miles) ⓘWest Point, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘBlazing Star Mine (Water Lily Mine), Bummerville, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) ⓘLockwood Mine (Mina Rica Mine), Bummerville, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘForest Creek Mine, Wilseyville, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
18.1km (11.2 miles) ⓘEasy Bird Mine (Le Rio Mine; Outlook Mine; Big Pine Mine; Pacific Mine), Mokelumne Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
20.2km (12.6 miles) ⓘMechanics Mine (Potazuba), Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
References
Tucker, W. Burling (1914), Amador County: California Mines Bureau Report 14: 27
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 254, 310
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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