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Pyrrhotite from
Tungsten Hills, West Bishop, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Scheelite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tungsten Hills, West Bishop, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:683154
Long-form Identifier:1:3:683154:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘSchober and Merrill Mine (Schober and Merrill groups; Schober; Merrill prospect; Moffatt ?), Lookout Mountain, Inyo County, California, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) ⓘMerrill prospect (Schober and Merrill groups; Schober; Moffatt ?), Parchers Resort (Parchers Camp), Inyo County, California, USA
15.7km (9.8 miles) ⓘBishop Creek Mine, Aspendell, Bishop Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘCopconis prospect, Chocolate Peak, Inyo County, California, USA
23.9km (14.8 miles) ⓘBishop Mine, Chocolate Peak, Inyo County, California, USA
32.4km (20.2 miles) ⓘScheelore Mine (Scheelore Tungsten deposit; Van Loon Scheelore 8 claims), Mount Baldwin, Mono County, California, USA
36.1km (22.5 miles) ⓘBlack Rock Mine (Black Rock Tungsten deposit), Black Rock Canyon, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
40.0km (24.9 miles) ⓘLaurel Creek occurrence (Surprise and Old Timer groups), Bloody Mountain, Mono County, California, USA
40.2km (25.0 miles) ⓘLuckly Strike prospect, Bloody Mountain, Mono County, California, USA
40.3km (25.0 miles) ⓘLucky Strike prospect, Bloody Mountain, Mono County, California, USA
References
Hess, Frank L. & Esper S. Larsen (1922), Contact-metamorphic tungsten deposits of the United States: USGS Bulletin 725: 269
Tucker, W. Burling & Reid J. Sampson (1943a), Current notes on activities in the strategic minerals, Los Angeles field district: California Division Mines Report 39: 60
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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