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Pyrite from
Keystone Mine (Keystone group; Keystone claim; Spring Hill claim; Geneva claim; Granite State claim; Niagara claim; East Keystone claim), Amador City, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador 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 Keystone Mine (Keystone group; Keystone claim; Spring Hill claim; Geneva claim; Granite State claim; Niagara claim; East Keystone claim), Amador City, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:766340
Long-form Identifier:1:3:766340:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘWonder Mine, Amador City, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘOriginal Amador Mine (Eclipse Mine; Little Amador Mine; Original Amador claim; East Amador claim; Amador Wedge claim; Great Eastern claim; Eclipse Extension claim; Last Chance claim), Amador City, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘBunker Hill Mine (Nevada claim; Mayflower claim; Bunker Hill claim; South Mayflaver; Rancheria), Amador City, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘLincoln Mine (Lincoln claim; Stewart claim; Belmont claim), Lincoln Consolidated Mine, Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘFremont Mine (Fremont-Grover Mine; Fremont-Gover; Fremont-Gover Inc.; North Gover; Foremont; Gopher; Loyal lode), New Chicago, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘGold Mountain Mine (Quartz Mountain Mine), Quartz Mountain, East Belt, Amador County, California, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘOld Eureka Mine (Eureka Mine; Amador Consolidated Mine; Hetty Green Mine; Hayward Mine; Amador claim; Maxwell claim; Alpha claim; Railroad claim), Central Eureka Mine (Summit Mine), Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
4.4km (2.8 miles) ⓘCentral Eureka Mine (Summit Mine), Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘSouth Eureka Mine, Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘOneida Mine, Martell, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
References
Emmons, S. F., Becker, G. F. (1885) Statistics and Technology of the Precious Metals. Bureau of the Census.
 
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