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Pyrrhotite from
Hunt Mine (Belgian), Brougham Township, Greater Madawaska, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada


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 Hunt Mine (Belgian), Brougham Township, Greater Madawaska, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:87333
Long-form Identifier:1:3:87333:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘQuilty Mine, Blithfield Township, Greater Madawaska, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘBlack Donald Mine, Brougham Township, Greater Madawaska, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘSunset Mine, Brougham Township, Greater Madawaska, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘSpain Mine, Griffith Township, Greater Madawaska, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
16.8km (10.5 miles) ⓘCalabogie iron mine, Bagot Township, Greater Madawaska, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
18.6km (11.6 miles) ⓘZenith Mine (Phoenix Mine), Bagot Township, Greater Madawaska, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
19.7km (12.2 miles) ⓘRenprior Mine, Admaston Township, Admaston/Bromley, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
20.8km (12.9 miles) ⓘBlithfield mine (Caldwell mine), Blithfield Township, Greater Madawaska, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
24.5km (15.2 miles) ⓘClyde Forks Mine, Lavant Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
25.7km (15.9 miles) ⓘJamieson Lime Quarry, Horton, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
References
Sabina, A. P. (1971) Rocks and minerals for the collector Ottawa to North Bay, Ontario; Hull to Waltham, Quebec. Paper 70-50. Geological Survey of Canada 140 pp. doi:10.4095/102463
 
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