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Pyrite from
Dunka pit (Dunka Road deposit; North Met deposit), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dunka pit (Dunka Road deposit; North Met deposit), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:981420
Long-form Identifier:1:3:981420:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘNorthshore Mine (Peter Mitchell Mine; Reserve Mine; Babbitt Mine), Babbitt, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘSouth Filson Creek Prospect (Filson Creek), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
16.3km (10.2 miles) ⓘSpruce Road Prospect (Spruce Mine; INCO Prospect; INCO Mine; Ely Nickel Copper Deposit; Spruce Road Deposit), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
21.1km (13.1 miles) ⓘZenith Mine (Whiteside office et al), Vermilion Range, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
21.8km (13.5 miles) ⓘRaspberry prospect (Ely prospect), Burntside, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) ⓘEagles Nest shear, Vermilion River Mines, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
25.7km (15.9 miles) ⓘFoss Lake prospect, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘMurray shear, Vermilion River Mines, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
28.6km (17.8 miles) ⓘMurray prospect, Vermilion Range, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
33.1km (20.5 miles) ⓘSoudan Mine, Soudan, Vermilion Range, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
References
Desautels, P., Patelke, R., Maunula, T., & Belluz, N. (2007). Technical Report on the Northmet Deposit, Minnesota, USA.
 
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