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Pyrite from
Hogan-Mallery Tin Mine (Hogan-Mallery Meek Mine; Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Mine), Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA


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 Hogan-Mallery Tin Mine (Hogan-Mallery Meek Mine; Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Tin Mine; Meeke-Hogan Mine), Tejon Tin project (Gorman Tin project), Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:967446
Long-form Identifier:1:3:967446:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘWhite Mule group (Fair View Mines; Bunker Hill), Frazier Park area, Ventura County, California, USA
34.6km (21.5 miles) ⓘAntimony Peak deposit (San Emigdio Mine; San Emigdio-Antimony Peak; Antimony Peak Mine), Antimony Peak, Kern County, California, USA
43.3km (26.9 miles) ⓘMiddle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
43.6km (27.1 miles) ⓘCactus Gold Mine (Blue Eagle Mine; Middle Buttes Mine; Cactus Mine; Cactus Queen Mine; Shumake deposit; Shumake Mine), Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
45.2km (28.1 miles) ⓘFickert-Durnal prospect (Fickert Durnal), Woodford, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
45.6km (28.3 miles) ⓘWalabu Mine (Walibu Mine; Cudde Back Mine; Cuddeback Mine; Cuddiback Mine), Woodford, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
52.5km (32.6 miles) ⓘLang Mine, Tick Canyon Borate deposit, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles County, California, USA
53.8km (33.4 miles) ⓘBlackhawk Mine, Millersville, Loraine Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
55.1km (34.2 miles) ⓘWhitmore Mine (Antique claim; Antique Extension claim; Whitmore Nos. 2 through 7 claims; Whitmore Extension claim; Valley claim), Standard group, Standard Hill, Mojave, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
55.6km (34.6 miles) ⓘVictory Mine (Yellow Dog Extension Mine; Victory claim; Russian Boy vein; Liberty claim; Bull Moose claim; Bull Moose Fraction claim; Bull Moose Nos. 1 & 2 claims), Standard group, Standard Hill, Mojave, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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