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Pyrite from
Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA


Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Smithsonite11 photos of Pyrite associated with Smithsonite at this locality.
Selenium4 photos of Pyrite associated with Selenium at this locality.
Creedite3 photos of Pyrite associated with Creedite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Pyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Neyite1 photo of Pyrite associated with Neyite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:21559
Long-form Identifier:1:3:21559:6
GUID (UUID V4):cbdcdbef-ce63-4ac3-a8dd-fdaf2d09be11
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Bruce Mine (Bruce group; Bruce prospect), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Custer Mine, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Defiance Mine, Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Rip Van Winkle prospect, Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Thompson Mine, Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Darwin Mines (Darwin group; Defiance; Driver; Independence; Lane; Liberty; Lucky Jim; Southwest and Thompson; Bernon; Rip Van Winkle; Mexicanus Colorado Inc.), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Durham Mine (Pacific Tungsten Co.), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Emperor Mine (Darwin Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Jackass Mine, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Lucky Lucy Mine, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Paraspurrite type locality, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Fairbanks Mine, Ruona group, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Ruona Mine (Standard Extension Mine), Ruona group, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Standard Mine, Ruona group, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Silver Reef Mine (Mickey Sommers group; Mickey Sommers claims; Silver Reef Nos. 1-3 claims), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Silver Spoon Mine, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
St. Charles Mine, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.7km (0.4 miles) Emperor Mine (Darwin Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) St. Charles Mine, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) Lucky Lucy Mine, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) Thompson Mine, Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Custer Mine, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Darwin Mines (Darwin group; Defiance; Driver; Independence; Lane; Liberty; Lucky Jim; Southwest and Thompson; Bernon; Rip Van Winkle; Mexicanus Colorado Inc.), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Bruce Mine (Bruce group; Bruce prospect), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Durham Mine (Pacific Tungsten Co.), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Ruona Mine (Standard Extension Mine), Ruona group, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Geology and Ore Depostts of the Darwin Quadrangle Inyo County, California GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...PROFESSIONAL Prepared in cooperation with the of California, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines... Geology and Ore Deposits ofthe Darwin Quadrangle Inyo County, California By WAYNE E. HALL and E. M. MAcKEVETT...8 Prepared in cooperation with the State of California, Department of Natural Resources, Division of...____________________________ _ Old fanglomerate marginal to Darwin Wash ___ _ Lakebeds.--------------------------------Recent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
contrasting skarn types in the Darwin polymetallic skarn district, California, USA R. Newberry Department of...AK 99775, USA Abstract. The polymetallic Pb-Zn-Ag-W-Cu-Au skarn and vein ores of the Darwin area, California...Scheelitebearing skarns are associated with the alkaline Darwin stock; small Cu_+Au skarns are adjacent to sheared...systematic pattern. The Darwin district in California, USA, is one such district, as it contains Cu-rich...19'62) have been produced from the area. The Darwin district is notable for one of the few integrated S-C-O
Journal (issue)
85740 Articles The mines and minerals of Darwin, California ...........................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...visit the gun and knife show at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona. Here are some items culled...collectors with a side-interest in western and mining memorabilia should find it particularly inter­...December 13, 1941, in Bisbee to a family whose mining tradition reaches back four generations. He is
Report (issue)
THE DARWIN SILVER-LEAD MINING DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA. By ADOLPH KNOPF. INTRODUCTION. Most of the lead...produced in California has come from the Cerro Gordo, Darwin, and Modoc districts, all in Inyo County, in the...the eastern part of the State. The Cerro Gordo district has been by far the most productive, having yielded...years $7,000,000 in argentiferous lead. The Darwin district has probably yielded between $2,000,000 and...000. The geologic features of the Cerro Gordo district have recently been described by the writer,1 and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE DARWIN INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. L. KENNETH WILSON. HILLS, • ABSTRACT. Exploitation...•-evealed newdata,in conflict withpublished accounts of Darwin ore genesis. Knopf's assignmentin 1913 of pyrometasomatic...than local origin confined to the influence of the Darwin intrusive. The extensive developmentof scheelite...mill within the district. The latter will eliminate current tendency toward selective mining which resultsin.... 1 Chief Geologist, E. L. Cord Mining Interests, Darwin, California. 543 546 : ...... 549 544
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1938 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 5478! LIBRARY UNIVERSITY C- CALIFORNIA D:\ViS 1 DIVISION OF...Geologist C A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid...Reid J. Frank Sanborn, District Mining Engineer District Engineer Mining Engineer Mineral Technologist
Journal (issue)
Ag-Cu-Pb-Bi Sulfosalts New to Darwin Mining District, Inyo County, California Gail E. Dunning 773 Durshire...Durshire Way Sunnyvale, California 94087-4709 Yves Moilo lnstitut des MatEriaux, Laboratoire de Chimie des...Avenue Santa Cruz, California 95060 The Darw in mining district, Inyo County, California has lo ng been... Lucky Lucy prospect, Darwin. Continued on page 6 Kinoite? from Lake County, Minnesota Mike Hedtke...branches of the Knife R ive r in southwestern Lake County of Minnesota. The facts that there were relatively
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
960-982 Zoning and Genesisof the Darwin Pb-Zn-Ag SkarnDeposit, California: A ReinterpretationBasedon New...Earth Sciences, Stanford University,Stanford,California 94035 AND HARVEY S. EASTMAN Bond Gold Exploration...of sulfidereplacementbodieszoned away from the Darwin quartz monzonite plutonandformedfrommagmaticfluidsat...skarnsulfidebodiesare appreciably(>20 Ma) youngerthan the Darwin pluton, and undergroundmappingand core loggingindicate...depositedsulfides.Realisticore depositional modelsat Darwin requiresimultaneous changesin (at least)temperature
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
16:33 07 August 2017 511 Kearsarge, China Lake, California Let us suppose that you are driving northeast...have followed U. S. Highway 6 up through Bishop, California. A few miles beyond Bishop, on a whim, you turn...pyrophyilite schist with a scattering of disseminated pyrite. Pyrophyllite schists are remarkably nondescript...(an aluminum silicate, Al<,(OH)2Si 4 0 10 ) and pyrite (an iron sulfide, FeS 2 ). A sequence of events...First, oxygen from the air has reacted with the pyrite to form iron sulfates and sulfuric acid. The iron
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral from the Santa Rosa mine, Darwin district, California, USA A. R. KAMPF1,*, S. J. MILLS2 AND B...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA Geosciences, Museum...Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA [Received 16 June 2015; Accepted 13 September 2015;...mineral from the Santa Rosa mine, Darwin district, Inyo County, California, USA, where it occurs as a secondary...crystal structure, Santa Rosa mine, Darwin district, California, USA. Introduction THE Jahn-Teller distortion
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY Vot,. XXXII DECEMBER, ORIGIN DARWIN OF THE VINCENT 1937 SILVER-LEAD No. 8 DEPOSITS...pyrometasomaticclass. From early work in the district, Knopf has drawn upon the Darwin depositsto representthe pyrometasomatic...type for lead. In the following descriptionof the Darwin deposits,it will be shown that they should be removed...therefore,pyrometasomaticlead depositsdo not exist. At Darwin a large stockelongatedin a north-southdirection...types are the same. REGIONAL SETTING. T•. Darwin district islocated within thedesert Basin andRange
Book
7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794
Journal (issue)
Bulletin CONTENTS •. Personally Speaking 3 T5I California Convention 4 Yogo Sapphire Mine Reopened 4 Alpha...Notes 25 Cover Picture: Darwin Falls Canyon BELOW THE FALLS LOOKING WEST, NEAR Darwin (courtesy Calif. Div...FIND WITHIN OUR PAGES. 3 r NEWS BRIEFS '51 CALIFORNIA CONVENTION SLATED FOR OAKLAND Just prior to...authorita­ SOURCE THAT THE 1951 CONVENTION OF THE CALIFORNIA FEDERATION WILL PROBABLY BE HELD AT OAKLAND,...matter has not YET BEEN PASSED. tive The last California convention in the bay area v/as held in BerKELEY
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SulfurIsotopeStudy of the Darwin Lead-Silver-ZincDeposit, Southern California * ROBERTO. RYE, WAYNE E...HALL, ANDHIROSHI OI-IMOTO Abstract The ores at Darwin occur as massive replacementbodies in silicated...monzonite: (1) pyritesphalerite-galena ores, (2) pyrite-pyrrhotite-magnetite-sphalerite-galena ores, and...calciteshave a range of 12.8-- 1.5 perrail in the pyrite ores and 17--2 permil in the pyrrhotite ores. Similar...thatis stillin Introduction Tn•- Darwin mine is in the Darwin progress(cf. Hall, 1971; Hall et al
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fringe of the Mojave desert in south central California. It would be hard to find an area richer in variety...hard to list the varieties that can be found at Darwin, Calif., where the sedimentary rocks that make...specimens of galena, pyrite, linarite, calcite, fluorite, and goethite pseudomorph after pyrite were collected...This is an old mining district, having been continuously active since the 1870's. The hills are dotted with...advantage. Cerro Gordo is just a few miles north of Darwin but it is also a few miles higher; almost two to
Book
MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Between Galena and Sphalerite,Darwin Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine, Inyo County,Californiaand Its Significance...determinedfor galenaand sphaleritefrom the Darwin mine, Inyo County,California. The temperatureof depositionwas...the Darwin stockand near left-lateralstrike-slip Introduction THE Darwin mine is in the Darwin lead-silver-zinc...MacKevett,1958,pl. 5; 1962,p. 3). district in the west-centralpart of Inyo County, The ore occursas beddeddeposits...beddeddeposits,as irregular or California. The district was studied as part of a pipelikereplacement bodiescloseto
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1092-1110 The Ag-Bi-Pb-Sb-S-Se-Te Mineralogyof the Darwin Lead-Silver-Zinc Deposit,SouthernCalifornia GERALD...the mineralogyof the Ag-Bi-bearing galenaores at Darwin, yet reveal that theseelements are carried predominantlyin...predominantlyin solid solution in PbS. Darwin "galena" can be divided into three groups on the basis of...phasespersistin samplesannealedat 350øC, ore deposition at Darwin is presumedto have occurredat higher temperatures...1972). This studyof the Ag-Bi-bearinggalena ores at Darwin is part of a seriesof mineralogical in Ag and Bi
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2014 Creedite Cresson Mine, Cripple Creek Teller County, Colorado M uch has been written about mineral...some 11 kilometers southeast of Creede, Mineral County, Colorado. Its name was derived from its occurrence...in the Cresson open pit at Cripple Creek, Teller County. Specimens consisted of radiating groups of colorless/white...botryoidal pink rhodochrosite, gearksutite, and pyrite (Carnein and Bartos 2005). During summer 2007,...found in the Henderson molybdenum mine, Clear Creek County. Creedite is an accessory in several of Nevada’s
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WARREN T. HANNUM, DIVISION...P. JENKINS, Chief Vol. 47 JANUARY 11 1951 CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...OF CM IFO^NIA " ~t%**irt No. 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...Third Floor, Ferry Building, San Francisco 11 District Offices State Building, 217 West First Street...thousand books and scientific journals on geology, mining, mineralogy, chemistry, metallurgy, and related
Report (issue)
] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's
Journal (issue)
Restless Lifeline OLD BOTTLES FROM THE MINING CAMPS GEM FIELDS L DARWIN, r "• — complete map — *%« SPECIAL...THE WORLD OF THE WEST Located in prosperous Elko County, the ranchos have the backdrop of the majestic...Hunters from all corners of the globe come to Elko County to hunt the big game species Mule Deer . . . Quail...FAIR TIME. We who live in Riverside County are proud of our county fair, otherwise known as the "National...west, see page 8. Let's Take A Trip— 18 27 To Darwin — for Minerals To Coyote Canyon — for Fun MARY
Report (issue)
Geology of the Cerro Gordo Mining District Inyo County, California By C. W. MERRIAM , GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...3. 4. 5. Geologic map of the Cerro Gordo mining district. Generalized geologic map of the southern half...Index map showing the location of the Cerro Gordo mining district_______________________________________...Hart Camp looking west across the west slope of the Inyo Mountains and Owens Lake basin to the Sierra Nevada________...4. 5. Stratigraphic column of the Cerro Gordo mining district___________________________________________________
Journal (issue)
which is hosted by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and organized by the New Mexico...acting caretaker of the San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring...during the last year: a presidential election in the USA, more lands closed to public use, mineral localities...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny @mineralnews.com...~:. News Release: Mineralogy of Maine-Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology Edited by Vandall T
 
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