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Pyrrhotite from
Densmore & Young America Mine (Densmore Mine), Columbia, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Comments:Occurs in quartz.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Quartz
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Densmore & Young America Mine (Densmore Mine), Columbia, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:668488
Long-form Identifier:1:3:668488:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
6.5km (4.1 miles) ⓘCarson Hill, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘWhitto Mine (Draper Mine; Drapier Mine), Soulsbyville, Soulsbyville & Confidence Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘBlack Oak Mine, Soulsbyville, Soulsbyville & Confidence Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘSoulsby Mine (Churchill; Johnson & Bradbury; Pennsylvania; Platt & Gilson), Soulsbyville, Soulsbyville & Confidence Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘLouisiana Mine (Louisiana group; Louisiana claim; Parker and Mason claim; Lebiation claim), Soulsbyville, Soulsbyville & Confidence Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
19.0km (11.8 miles) ⓘCarlotta Mine (Carlotta Consolidated group; Carlotta claim; North Carlotta claim; Pennsylvania claim), Cherokee, Soulsbyville & Confidence Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
19.0km (11.8 miles) ⓘPennsylvania Mine, Cherokee, Soulsbyville & Confidence Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
19.4km (12.0 miles) ⓘDreisam Mine, Arastraville, Soulsbyville & Confidence Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
22.3km (13.8 miles) ⓘSivori and Lucky Strike group (Hunch Lime Cap; Lucky Strike; Ironking; Mammoth; Little Wonder; Tungstar), Confidence, Soulsbyville & Confidence Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
35.8km (22.3 miles) ⓘMcAlpine Mine, Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
References
Tucker, W. Burling (1916), Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 14: 138
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
 
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