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Pyrargyrite from
Dunderburg Mine (Dunderberg Mine), Dunderberg Peak (Castle Peak), Castle Peak Mining District, Mono County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrargyrite
Formula:Ag3SbS3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrargyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dunderburg Mine (Dunderberg Mine), Dunderberg Peak (Castle Peak), Castle Peak Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:668730
Long-form Identifier:1:3:668730:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrargyrite
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘSouthern Consolidated Mine (Oro Mine; Defiance Mine; Noonday Mine; Red Cloud Mine; Addenda Mine), Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘBodie Mine (Bodie project), Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
64.9km (40.3 miles) ⓘLucky Boy Mine (Mountain King Mine), Lucky Boy Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
71.2km (44.2 miles) ⓘWildrose Mine, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
73.7km (45.8 miles) ⓘLoope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
73.8km (45.9 miles) ⓘPennsylvania Mine, Silver Mountain, Silver Mountain Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
73.8km (45.9 miles) ⓘI X L Mine (I.X.L. Mine; I.X.L. deposit; Ophir lode), IXL Canyon (I.X.L. Canyon), Silver Mountain, Silver Mountain Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
74.1km (46.0 miles) ⓘAdvance Mine (Zaca Mine; Zaca group; North Advance Mine; Collosus Mine; Colorado No. 2 Mine; Tarshish Mine), Colorado Hill, Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
74.3km (46.1 miles) ⓘExchequer Mine (Buckeye Mine; Acacia Mine; Saugatuck et al), IXL Canyon (I.X.L. Canyon), Silver Mountain, Silver Mountain Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
75.5km (46.9 miles) ⓘMorning Star Mine (Curtz Mine; Ardis Mine), Mogul Peak, Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
References
Conkling, A.R. (1878), Annual report upon geographical survey west of the 100th meridian in California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, and Montana, App. 1: 167-183, App. I, 1: 184
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 300, 339.
 
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