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Pyrite from
Giant Mine, Gold Creek, Kittitas County, Washington, USA


Locality type:Claim
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Giant Mine, Gold Creek, Kittitas County, Washington, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1434148
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1434148:1
GUID (UUID V4):0713c81b-d392-46f5-8cd8-f577412ebad6
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.4km (0.2 miles) Esther and Louisa Mine, Gold Creek, Kittitas County, Washington, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Tinhorn Mine, Gold Creek, Kittitas County, Washington, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) Condor-Hemlock Mine, Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) Commonwealth Prospect, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Puffball claim, Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Little Kachess Lake Claim, Mineral Creek, Kittitas County, Washington, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) Spruce Ridge, Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) Copper Queen Prospect, Mineral Creek, Kittitas County, Washington, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) Clipper Prospects, Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
6.7km (4.1 miles) Mineral Creek Mine (Durrwachter Mine; Liberty Lode Mine), Mineral Creek, Kittitas County, Washington, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Lakes Study Area, Chelan, King, and Kittitas Counties, Washington By J. L. Gualtieri and George C. Simmons...forest lands in the Alpine Lakes study area, Washington, that may be considered for wilderness designation...the crest of the Cascade Range in west-central Washington. CONTENTS Page Summary, by J. L. Gualtieri...Deception Creek fault zone Area east of Deception Creek fault zone Area west of the Deception Creek fault...Anomalous area Continued Gold Creek-Delate Creek area Lemah Creek-Snoqualmie River-Gold Lake area Chain Lakes
Report (volume)
States UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1966 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...-----------------------------------Alexo Nickel mine ____________________________________ - ___ Kenora...River)-----------------------------------Quill Creek (Kluane Lake)---------------------------------Nickel...----------------------------------------Saline CountY--------------------------------------------Cal...---------------------------------------Boulder CountY------------------------------------------Conne
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 1. Gold nugget, 7.67 troy ounces, Fairbanks mining region, Alaska, USA. Donated in 1977 by Arthur...Cook photo. The Occurrence and Characteristics of GOLD NUGGETS AND MASSES ROBERT B. COOK Department of...com HE COMMON IMAGE OF A GOLD NUGGET is that of a rounded piece of gold just plucked from a pan or...consistent with even the most generic definitions of gold nugget found in most general reference works and...naturally occurring gold.” As any collector knows, that could be just about any gold specimen with little
Book
Bart Cannon 1975 CORD ILLERAN Mercer Island, Washington Lilli liliiiLt' 111? KLi-KlLLLIlrVlIlI Copyright...Cordilleran 18 Holly Hill Drive Mercer Island, Washington 98040 COVER ILLUSTRATION: Amethyst scepter heads...milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...publications dealing with the various aspects of Washington State's diverse mineral wealth exist, but none..."Minerals of Washington" represents an attempt to begin such a cata­ logue. "Minerals of Washington" shall
Report (Issue volume)
State of Washington ARTHUR B. LANGLIE, Governor Department of Conservation and Development W. A. GALBRAITH...GLOVER, Supervisor Bulletin No. 37 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS By MARSHALL...Volume 2 - MAPS STATE PRINTING PLANT. OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON lll!UI For sale by Department of Conservation...volumes-text and maps) $4.50. INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS Volume 1...Bulletin 33, "Nonmetallic Mineral Resources of Washington," published in 1936. Since then the catalogue
Report (issue)
WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HENRY LANDES, State Geologist BULLETIN No. 23 THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON...herewith a report entitled "Tl1e lVfetal lVIines 0£ Washington," by Ernest N. Patty, with the recommendation.... . . . . . . . . History of metal mining in Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metal...mechanical concentration . . . . . . . . . . . . Gold placers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....deposits of copper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gold-copper-arsenic veins . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (volume)
Area and Additions, Chelan, King, and Kittitas Counties, Washington By U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY and U.S. BUREAU...E UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON: 1989 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL...area and additions, Chelan, King, and Kittitas counties, Washington. (Studies related to wilderness-study...of the Alpine Lakes study area and additions, Washington I by J. L. Gualtieri and George C. Simmons -...of the Alpine Lakes study area and additions, Washington I by W.E. Davis - Mineral deposits of the Alpine
Report (issue)
192 B1tlletin No. 23, Washington Geologicat Survey MOUNTAIN BOY These workings·which are credited with...three-quarters 0£ a mile southwest of the Castle Creek camp. A part of the workings was not accessible...Survey, Bull. 550, page 207. The Metai .Mines of Washington 193 SHERIDAN DISTRICT GENERAL FEATURES Ten..., R. 31 E., just across the Ferry County line into Okanogan County. The first location was made during...principally in silver with minor amounts of copper and gold. 1'he gangue minerals of quartz and calcite are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side...LEVYNE, PHILLIPSITE, and THOMSONITE. Adams County Alaska mine, Seven Devils district: azurite, grossular...grossular, malachite, powellite, and scheelite. Arkansas mine, Seven Devils district: grossular. Blue Jacket claim...and stilbite. Copper Bo~' mine, Seven Devils district: epidote. Helena mine (reportedly just northwest
Book
PUBLISHED BY Western Mineral Exchange Seattle, Washington 1941 t Copyright 1941 WESTERN MINERAL EXCHANGE...volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE
Catalog/List
Painted Desert Member Circle Clifs, Garield County, Utah, USA 37.00 x 23.50 x 1.00 inches (93.98 x 59.69...Basalt Formation Goodnoe Hills, Klickitat County, Washington, USA 15.75 x 15.00 x 0.50 inches (40.01 x 38...Jurassic Shishugon Formation Junggar Basin, Qitai County, Xinjiang Province, China 30.00 x 19.50 x 1.00...Petriied Fern Cyathodendron texanum Eocene Texas, USA 7.25 x 2.25 x 0.75 inches (18.42 x 5.72 x 1.91 cm)...Formation Stinkingwater Mountain, Harney County, Oregon, USA 13.25 x 11.75 x 0.50 inches (33.66 x 29.85
Report (volume)
AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE 1917 CONTENTS................................................ Washington................................................prepared for the Southern Commercial Congress, Washington, D. C., 1909. Purdue, A. H., Compendium of the...Rapid City. v Tennessee____Mr. G. H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Dr. A. H. Purdue, Nashville. Texas______...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...The commercial production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds
Report (volume)
COMPILED BY SAMUEL SANFORD AND RALPH W. STONE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 USEFUL MINERALS...STATES. Tennessee........Mr. George H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips.........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville. Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Journal (issue)
..................................Pg. 28 Chalk Creek Feldspar Field Trip - Justin Zzyzx ...............for the most part, the glory days of Colorado’s gold, silver, and base metal mining are past, and those...Peak; the Tarryall Mountains; Harris Park; Wigwam Creek; and Devils Head. The granite pegmatites of the...challenge Calumet to even find dumps where decent iron mine specimens can be found. Silverton, has been Ouray...minerals, and dealers Chaffee County, including the are the main source of their gold, towns of Salida and Buena
Book (volume)
Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS... DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay, as clusters and nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals
Book (volume)
Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS... DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay, as clusters and nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE VANADIUM-BEARING OXIDE MINERALS OF THE GREEN GIANT VANADIUMGRAPHITE DEPOSIT, SOUTHWEST MADAGASCAR VERONICA...work, such minerals are described from the Green Giant vanadium-graphite property in southwest Madagascar...together in the Sludyanka, Lake Baikal area. Green Giant is the second occurrence worldwide of oxyvanite...oxyvanite–berdesinskiite solid solution series Green Giant oxyvanites are the closest to endmember, with an...graphite, oxyvanite, Green Giant, schreyerite. INTRODUCTION The Green Giant vanadium-graphite deposit
Report (issue)
Geology of the Murray Area Shoshone County Idaho By. JOHN W. HOSTERMAN A CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY...deposits NITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON'' : 1956 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D. G. - Price $1.00 (paper cover) CONTENTS...-_.___ Jack Waite mine.__.-_-._--_--____-_-_-_---_-___.__----.______ Crystal Lead mine. ______________..._________________________________________ Monarch mine..__-__-__-____-___--______--__-___.__--____-__, Black Horse
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
904 West Riverside Ave., Room 202, Spokane, Washington 99203 2 Geological Survey of Canada, 1500-605...clastic and carbonate strata 15 to 20 km thick. Three giant metal-producing ore deposits or districts account...Mt; Ag, 0.044 Mt; Long et al., 1998). The Sullivan Mine closed in 2001 after more than 92 years of production...Butte porphyry copper deposit at the Continental Mine. This issue of Economic Geology highlights new work...Belt-Purcell Basin. A major synthesis work on the Sullivan Mine and the Belt-Purcell Basin was published in 2000
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cobblestone roads prevents Vermont from being a giant mining state today, but in the nineteenth century...bodies contain interesting con­ tact minerals. Placer gold in small particles is widely distributed over northern...minor concentrations of gold. A com­ prehensive listing of Vermont placer gold occurrences would give...1910). At one time, jasper was mined at the Parrot mine (Chittenden Co.) on a small scale for use in colorful...The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low­ ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi­ cant locality in the state
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Richard H. Sillitoe Some metallogenic features of gold and copper deposits related to alkaline rocks and...Abstract Porphyry copper-gold, skarn copper-gold, sediment-hosted (Carlin-style) gold, breccia pipe, lowsulphidation...lowsulphidation epithermal gold, pluton-related (mesothermal or orogenic) gold vein and volcanogenic massive...calcalkaline counterparts. In contrast, porphyry molybdenum-gold deposits are confined to alkaline igneous centres...notably deficient in highsulphidation epithermal gold deposits and even in the advanced argillic lithocaps
Journal (issue)
Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with small pyrite crystals, 3 by 3.25 inches; a floater specimen, Cross vein, Idarado mine, Ouray and... Howard, Fremont County. C-O-L-O-R-A-O-O CALCITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado...Marble in Gunnison County) that has been used for many of the great monuments in Washington. D.C.. including...elongated. highly mineralized zone running from Boulder County in the northeast diagonally across the state to...taken place within this belt since gold was discovered in Cherry Creek in 1859 (Kosnar and Miller 1976)]
Book
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SURVEY, FOR THE YEAR 1876.] WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1 S 7 8 . MINERALOGICAL... ENDLICH, S. N. D. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. Washington, D. C, January 2, 1878. Sir: I have the honor...occurrence in Colorado is that of the tel'lurides. Gold, silver, lead, iron, mercury, and oxygen are combined...sought alter on account of the high percentages of gold and silver they contain. Another 135 SURVEY. EEPORT...the pitchblende. not been for several^years the mine is not worked at present and has distribution in
 
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