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Pyrite from
Superior Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Comments:Known to occur in only one place at this location.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Superior Mine, Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:765259
Long-form Identifier:1:3:765259:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘLights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘGold Belt Mine (McDow Mine; Gold Belt-McDow Mine), Diamond Mountain, Lassen County, California, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘPremium Mine, Taylorsville, Taylorsville Mining District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
20.2km (12.6 miles) ⓘEmerson Mine, Diamond Mountain, Lassen County, California, USA
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘIndian Falls occurrence, Indian Falls, Plumas County, California, USA
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘWalker Mine (Walker Brothers Mine; Walker Copper Mine; Native Son Mine [?]), Argentine Rock, Genesee Valley Mining District (Genesee Mining District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas County, California, USA
53.5km (33.3 miles) ⓘMount Filmore Consolidated Group Mine (Mount Filmore Cons. Grp.; Mt Fillmore Cons Group; Sunnyside claim; Blue Jay claim; Rattlesnake No. 1 & No. 2 claims), Mount Fillmore, Poker Flat Mining District (Table Rock Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
55.8km (34.7 miles) ⓘNew York Mine, Poker Flat, Poker Flat Mining District (Table Rock Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
56.3km (35.0 miles) ⓘFour Hills Mine, Hawley Lake, Sierra City Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
56.8km (35.3 miles) ⓘLassiat claim, Poker Flat, Poker Flat Mining District (Table Rock Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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