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Pyrite from
White Mule group (Fair View Mines; Bunker Hill), Frazier Park area, Ventura County, California, USA


Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Chalcopyrite
Marcasite
Native Gold
Quartz
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view White Mule group (Fair View Mines; Bunker Hill), Frazier Park area, Ventura County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:685289
Long-form Identifier:1:3:685289:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘAntimony Peak deposit (San Emigdio Mine; San Emigdio-Antimony Peak; Antimony Peak Mine), Antimony Peak, Kern County, California, USA
25.1km (15.6 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
64.5km (40.1 miles) ⓘVentu Park Road, Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California, USA
65.3km (40.6 miles) ⓘNewbury Park, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California, USA
65.4km (40.7 miles) ⓘFickert-Durnal prospect (Fickert Durnal), Woodford, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
65.5km (40.7 miles) ⓘWalabu Mine (Walibu Mine; Cudde Back Mine; Cuddeback Mine; Cuddiback Mine), Woodford, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
66.4km (41.3 miles) ⓘLang Mine, Tick Canyon Borate deposit, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles County, California, USA
68.5km (42.5 miles) ⓘMiddle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
68.7km (42.7 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
72.6km (45.1 miles) ⓘCanwood Street site, Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
References
Tucker, W. Burling (1925a), San Diego, Ventura Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 21: 231-232
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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