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Pyrrhotite from
Lava Cap-Banner-Central group (Central Consolidated; South Banner; North Banner), Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA


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 Lava Cap-Banner-Central group (Central Consolidated; South Banner; North Banner), Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:950356
Long-form Identifier:1:3:950356:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
5.4km (3.4 miles) ⓘNevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘUral Fraction Code Mine (Ural; Ural Qtz.), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘCrown Point Consolidated Quartz Mine (Crown Point Mine; Crown Point Con. Qtz.; Confidence; Wm Penn; William Penn), Empire Star group (Empire Star Mines Company holdings), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘLiberty Hill occurrence, Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) ⓘZeibright Mine, Clyde Mountain, Emigrant Gap Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
25.7km (16.0 miles) ⓘFern Leaf claim (Cleveland claim), Camptonville, Camptonville Mining District, Yuba County, California, USA
26.8km (16.7 miles) ⓘYuba Mine (Yuba Consolidated; Yuba Quartz Mine; Yuba Qtz; Yuba claim; Yuba River), Omega, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
40.2km (25.0 miles) ⓘAllen occurrence (Canadian group), English Mountain, English Mountain Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
40.9km (25.4 miles) ⓘJeff Molly No. 1 Mine, English Mountain, English Mountain Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
43.5km (27.1 miles) ⓘEnglish Mountain Mine (Marguerite Consolidated; Marguerite Cons.; Marguerite claim; Helen D. claim), English Mountain, English Mountain Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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