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Pyrite from
Khetri Mines (Ketri Mine), Khetri, Sikar District, Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India


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 Khetri Mines (Ketri Mine), Khetri, Sikar District, Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:899205
Long-form Identifier:1:3:899205:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
34.0km (21.1 miles) ⓘJahaz prospect, Jhunjhunu District, Rajasthan, India
47.3km (29.4 miles) ⓘSalwari, Sikar District, Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India
51.9km (32.3 miles) ⓘRohil, Sikar District, Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India
88.2km (54.8 miles) ⓘMundiyawas-Khera Cu Deposit, Dittal, Alwar District, Haryana, India
References
Deb, S., Mukherjee, A.D. (1969) Mackinawites from Madhan-Kudhan and Kolihan sections of Khetri copper belt, Rajasthan. Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India, 35A, (4), 533-541.
Singh, Surinder, Virk, H. S. (1980) Fission track dating of copper ore formations of Khetri area, Rajasthan State (India). GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 14 (1) 51-55 doi:10.2343/geochemj.14.51
Baidya, Abu Saeed, Sen, Atlanta, Pal, Dipak C (2018) Textures and compositions of cobalt pentlandite and cobaltian mackinawite from the Madan-Kudan copper deposit, Khetri Copper Belt, Rajasthan, India. Journal of Earth System Science, 127 (4). doi:10.1007/s12040-018-0954-z
Ahmed, Masood, Shaif, Mohd, Siddiquie, Farhat Naseem, Khan, Rajiullah (2018) Mode of Occurrence and Mineralogy of Northern Khetri Copper Deposits, Jhunjhunu District, Rajasthan. Natural Resources, 9 (12) 389-403 doi:10.4236/nr.2018.912024
 
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