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Pyrite from
Ruth Mine, Reward, Russ Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ruth Mine, Reward, Russ Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:725428
Long-form Identifier:1:3:725428:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘHirsh Mine, Reward, Russ Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘReward Mine, Reward, Russ Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘBlack Eagle Mine, Kearsarge, Kearsarge Mining District [2], Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘLuella Mine (Abe Lincoln Mine), Lone Pine, Alabama Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘKeynot Mine (Key Not Mine; Golden Princess; Mountain View; War Eagle; Keynot; Keynote Mine; Mallard Duck), Keynot Peak, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
12.6km (7.8 miles) ⓘAlabama-Mohawk Mine (Mohawk), Lone Pine, Alabama Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘDecember Mine, Alabama Hills, Alabama Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘBighorn Mine (Joorigan Mine; Barranca Mine; Briton and Porter Mine), Beveridge, Beveridge Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘMonster Mine, Keynot Peak, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
16.7km (10.4 miles) ⓘGold Standard Mine (Vega Mine), Beveridge, Beveridge Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
References
Rytuba, J.J., Kim, C.S. and Goldstein, D.N., 2011, Review of samples of tailings, soils and stream sediment adjacent to and downstream from the Ruth Mine, Inyo County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1105, 37 p.
 
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