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Pyrite from
Leviathan Mine, Leviathan Peak, Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Comments:Occurs as cryptocrystalline material (Melnikovite).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Leviathan Mine, Leviathan Peak, Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:8990
Long-form Identifier:1:3:8990:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘMorning Star Mine (Curtz Mine; Ardis Mine), Mogul Peak, Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘB. and J. Mine, Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘMonitor Mine, Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘRed Gap Mine, Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘAdvance Mine (Zaca Mine; Zaca group; North Advance Mine; Collosus Mine; Colorado No. 2 Mine; Tarshish Mine), Colorado Hill, Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘSilver Hill prospects, Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
7.3km (4.5 miles) ⓘGlobe Mine (Laura Karner Mine; Hercules Mine), Colorado Hill, Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) ⓘAlpine Happy Thought Mine (Alpine Mine; Happy Thought Mine; Markleeville; Lewis), Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed Mine (MRDS10050794), Mountain House Mining District, Pine Nut Mountains, Douglas County, Nevada, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) ⓘGeorgiana Mine (Georgia Mine), Silver Hill, Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
References
Pabst, Adolf (1940) Cryptocrystalline pyrite from Alpine County, California. American Mineralogist, 25 (6) 425-431
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 301
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Committee, FM Locality Index, Kampf, Anthony R. (1989) California Locality Index. The Mineralogical Record, 20 (2) 129-142
 
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