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Pyrrhotite from
Ural Fraction Code Mine (Ural; Ural Qtz.), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ural Fraction Code Mine (Ural; Ural Qtz.), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:700375
Long-form Identifier:1:3:700375:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘNevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘCrown Point Consolidated Quartz Mine (Crown Point Mine; Crown Point Con. Qtz.; Confidence; Wm Penn; William Penn), Empire Star group (Empire Star Mines Company holdings), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘLava Cap-Banner-Central group (Central Consolidated; South Banner; North Banner), Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
7.0km (4.3 miles) ⓘLiberty Hill occurrence, Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
21.1km (13.1 miles) ⓘFern Leaf claim (Cleveland claim), Camptonville, Camptonville Mining District, Yuba County, California, USA
27.1km (16.9 miles) ⓘZeibright Mine, Clyde Mountain, Emigrant Gap Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
30.5km (19.0 miles) ⓘYuba Mine (Yuba Consolidated; Yuba Quartz Mine; Yuba Qtz; Yuba claim; Yuba River), Omega, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
43.3km (26.9 miles) ⓘAllen occurrence (Canadian group), English Mountain, English Mountain Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
44.0km (27.4 miles) ⓘJeff Molly No. 1 Mine, English Mountain, English Mountain Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
46.5km (28.9 miles) ⓘEnglish Mountain Mine (Marguerite Consolidated; Marguerite Cons.; Marguerite claim; Helen D. claim), English Mountain, English Mountain Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
References
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
 
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