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Pyrrhotite from
Dracut Nickel Mine (Nickel Mine Hill), Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA


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Pyrrhotite

Dracut Nickel Mine, Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Pyrrhotite

Dracut Nickel Mine, Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Pyrrhotite

Dracut Nickel Mine, Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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 Dracut Nickel Mine (Nickel Mine Hill), Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:92645
Long-form Identifier:1:3:92645:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘFoster Corners, Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
12.8km (7.9 miles) ⓘRoutes 125 and 28 interchange road cuts, Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) ⓘChelmsford Lime Quarries, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘLedge Road, Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘChipman Mine (Merrimac Mine; Newburyport lead-silver mine), Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
33.5km (20.8 miles) ⓘPoorhouse Hill, Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
37.0km (23.0 miles) ⓘBolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
40.0km (24.9 miles) ⓘPJ Keating Quarry (Lunenburg Quarry), Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
42.6km (26.5 miles) ⓘRoute 13 area, Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
47.3km (29.4 miles) ⓘRollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Short, M. N., Shannon, Earl V. (1930) Violarite and other rare nickel sulphides. American Mineralogist, 15 (1) 1-22
Skehan, James. Roadside Geology of Massachusetts (2001)
 
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