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Pyrrhotite from
Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pentlandite3
Violarite1
Chromite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:71294
Long-form Identifier:1:3:71294:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrrhotite in this Region
Durkin Mine (Durkin Shoot), Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Durkin shaft, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Fisher Shoots (Fisher complex), Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Gellatly Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Hampton East Location 48, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Hunt Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Juan complex, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Ken Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Long North, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Long Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
McLeay Mine, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
McMahon mine, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Moran Mine, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Victor Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Alpha Island area, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Argo Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Athena-Hamlet Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Bellerophon-Nelson Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Beta Hunt Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Cave Rocks Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Conqueror Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
East Cooee Shoot, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
East Repulse Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Foster Shoot, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Invincible Gold Mine (LT-17), St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Jan nickel mine (Jan Shoot), St. Ives gold Camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Junction Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Victory-Defiance Gold Mine (Victory mine; Defiance mine; N31; Conqueror Lode), St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
1.3km (0.8 miles) Hunt Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
1.8km (1.1 miles) Fisher Shoots (Fisher complex), Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
2.1km (1.3 miles) Ken Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
2.6km (1.6 miles) McMahon mine, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
2.9km (1.8 miles) Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
3.3km (2.1 miles) Gellatly Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
3.5km (2.2 miles) Beta Hunt Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
3.8km (2.3 miles) Victor Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
3.9km (2.4 miles) Juan complex, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
4.0km (2.5 miles) McLeay Mine, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
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