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Pyrrhotite from
Bon Ton Mine, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bon Ton Mine, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:736554
Long-form Identifier:1:3:736554:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
19.7km (12.2 miles) ⓘBoss Lake, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
21.7km (13.5 miles) ⓘGarfield Mine, Taylor Gulch, Garfield, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
37.4km (23.3 miles) ⓘItalian Mountain, Taylor Park, Dorchester Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
40.1km (24.9 miles) ⓘSedalia Mine (Sedalia Copper Mine), Sedalia Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
42.2km (26.2 miles) ⓘCochetopa Mining District (Cochetopa Creek Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
42.3km (26.3 miles) ⓘDenver City Mine (MS 11792; Patented Claim: Denver City), Green Mountain Mining District (Iris Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
42.4km (26.3 miles) ⓘIndependence Mine, Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
42.4km (26.4 miles) ⓘGreen Mountain Mining District (Gold Basin Mining District; Iris Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
52.5km (32.6 miles) ⓘMt. Emmons/Crested Butte (Chautauqua; Daisey; Daisey Mine; Mt. Emmons; Crested Butte), Elk Mountain Mining District (Snowmass Mountain Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
58.7km (36.5 miles) ⓘVulcan Mine, Vulcan Mining District (Cebolla Mining District; Domingo Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
References
The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 43, pp. 601-622 (2005)
Spry, Paul G.; McFadden, Scott; Teale, Graham S.; Alers, Brian; Shallow, John M.; Glenn, Justin M. (2022) Nodular sillimanite rocks as field indicators to metamorphosed massive sulfide deposits. Ore Geology Reviews, 141. 104632 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104632
Berke, Edward H., Spry, Paul G., Heimann, Adriana, Teale, Graham S., Johnson, Benjamin, von der Handt, Anette, Alers, Brian, Shallow, John M. (2023) The genesis of metamorphosed Paleoproterozoic massive sulphide occurrences in central Colorado: geological, mineralogical and sulphur isotope constraints. Geological Magazine, 160 (7) 1345-1375 doi:10.1017/s0016756823000407
 
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