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Pyrite from
Lyle Mine, Rainy Lake, Koochiching County, Minnesota, 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 Lyle Mine, Rainy Lake, Koochiching County, Minnesota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:503315
Long-form Identifier:1:3:503315:7
GUID (UUID V4):0a70355e-f109-4bcb-89ab-fe9ce228dc43
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.5km (0.9 miles) Bushyhead Island Prospect, Rainy Lake, Koochiching County, Minnesota, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) Little American Mine, Rainy Lake, Koochiching County, Minnesota, USA
5.4km (3.4 miles) Steamboat Islet Prospect, Rainy Lake, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Cranberry Islet Prospect, Rainy Lake, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) Grassy Island Prospect, Rainy Lake, Koochiching County, Minnesota, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) Bear Passage prospect (Smith-Cousineau property), Halkirk Township, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada
12.2km (7.6 miles) CN Rocky Islet quarry (Seven Mile quarry), Watten Township, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada
13.6km (8.4 miles) Baseline Bay outcrop, Fort Frances, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada
33.4km (20.8 miles) Stellar Mine, Bad Vermilion Lake Area, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada
33.5km (20.8 miles) Olive Mine (Preston Mine), Little Turtle Lake Area, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fl—fluoresces ALABAMA — Small lustrous brassyyellow xls of pyrite on snow-white marble have been found in the marble...was sent in by Mr. McDonald. ARIZONA—"The Bagdad Mine, Yavapai Co., Arizona, has lately produced some...is now in the hands of various collectors. Bagdad Mine has produced, from time to time, many unusual copper...locality: parisite; well formed cubo-octahedron pyrite; zircon in clear to yellow bi-pyramids; brook ite...polished gold ore comes from Burton's Tropico Gold Mine in Rosamond (Kern Co.), Calif., where the largest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
black botryoidal hematite from a working strip iron mine at Brookwood, Tuscaloosa Co., Ala. ALASKA—Some of...Brooklyn mine and adjacent prospects in the Red Mountain range near Silverton, San Juan County, Colo.,...associated with pyrite. Sometimes the brilliant black marmatite is sandwiched between bright pyrite and makes...Illinois to Buffalo State Park in central LaSalle County, 111. We found many sam115 pies of the fish-tail...fish-tail twins of selenite. W e also found pyrite and marcasite but most of them were badly weathered. "Then
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALABAMA—Cherokee County is' in northeastern Alabama. In the central part of Cherokee County is the little...10-yr. old subscriber, Buddy Stewart. "Cherokee County has a wide variety of minerals ranging from those...mica, quartz. Limestone also occurs. Cherokee County is full of minerals, so Buddy informs us, and to...around Rock Run, in the southeastern part of the county, and was mined extensively in recent years. The...over Cherokee County. "Lots of Indian relics are found too." A map of Cherokee County, prepared by Buddy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the original ways", with fast travel possible. Bud mine at Cobalt, the Right-of-Way, we Coxon, proprietor...old shaft being pumped big beryl from the Sullivan Mine, near out, some "good material" had been Rouyn,...become as irrational as Alice in Wonder- Kirkland Lake area. This is some 65 land. It is not, 'will there...moved to the Kirkland Lake—Timmins area early (1903) and was literally a gold mine of details about the...lb. cans of wonderful raspberry jam in Kirkland Lake—94 cents each). W e went twenty miles or so north
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimen consists of blue lazulite, brassy-yellow pyrite and both in smoky gray quartzite. The other specimen...white quartzite. Graves Mountain, in S/W Lincoln County, is in N / E Georgia. (See "Graves Mountain, Georgia...artifacts about 2y2 miles northwest of Oblong, Crawford County. The specimens were found on top of the ground...specimens which I recently found in Montgomery County, Maryland, near a gold location described in the...muscovite with some quartz. Montgomery County is in central Maryland. MINNESOTA—"Enclosed are a few pieces of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lupton D. M. Jenkins G. Luther W. D. Johns M. W. Lyle C. Johnson M. S. Ma K. Johnson G. J. MacPherson...potassium in two stratified basins of Shagawa Lake, Minnesota 215 )AVID R. NELSON, MALCOLM T. MCCULLOCH...distributions in porewaters and sediments of Puget Sound, Lake Washington, the Washington coast and Saanich Inlet.... . . . . . . . . . . 507 N St. JOHN FISHER: Pyrite formation in bioturbated clays from the Jurassic...organic matter in anoxic pore waters from Mangrove Lake, Bermuda 609 , W. DAVIDSON, S. K. GARG, S. R.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
world's Spinel. from stocks o f permit 20 mine, (opal, Mexico. STRICTLY WHOLESALE chon from... Mineralight Round clusters, lb.— (postage). Lake Road, M.'jiiroe, N. Y. 629 MINERALS FOR SALE...MINERALS - Boxed, mount ed, and identified, postpaid USA, $2.00. Specimens average approx. 1 " . Irma Curry...chunks only, from one lb. and up, right out of the mine. Postage or freight extra. John B. Guillemin, Box...pink and green Tourmaline in matrix from Oxford County, Maine—50t to $10.00. We can better serve you if
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a year ago a pocket of these were opened in the mine at Washington Camp. Patagonia (Santa Cruz Co.),...most, if not all, of them. One is a good friend of mine so I have several specimens. Recently another pocket...'Arizona Gem Fields'. Near Indian Pass, Imperial County, Calif., and then deep in the Muggins Mountains...found in the North Star Mine. "It was found in the 1700 ft. level of the Portland Mine, Teller Co. (Cripple...), no fl. (s.w.). Wesrville is in So. Vermilion County of Eastern Illinois. INDIANA—"From a little stream
Report (volume)
the Holy Cross Wilderness Area, Eagle, Pitkin, and Lake Counties, Colorado COLORADO • Mineral Resources...the Holy Cross Wilderness Area, Eagle, Pitkin, and Lake Counties, Colorado By ALAN R. WALLACE, GREGORY K...the Holy Cross Wilderness Area, Eagle, Pitkin, and Lake Counties, Colorado by Alan R. Wallace ... [et al...San Isabel National Forests, Eagle, Pitkin, and Lake Counties, Colorado. This area was established as...East Lake Creek 8 Intrusion Breccias 8 Miscellaneous Dikes 8 8 Intrusive Suite at Timberline Lake Intrusive
Journal (issue)
located above the AnzaBorrego State Park in San Diego County, are little known for their mining history. It...by horse teams, as shown here. 13 At the Denver mine (left) high-grade ore is sacked awaiting shipment...financial panic of 1907 closed down all but one mine, and easy credit quickly dried up. After World War...graves and a mine portal are copper could not be found in commercial left at the Skidoo Mine. Other smaller...more Wonder Mine, Chloride Cliff, and the than 500 people which supported a weekly Ashfotd mine. But in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chromite with greenish chrome amphibole from Camp 8 Mine, Del Norte Co., Calif., was sent in by Carroll R...City, Calif. ARKANSAS—"The Coleman quartz crystal mine is located 14 miles north of Hot Springs (Garland...crystals I found on the southwest side of Chalk Mt. (Lake Co.), Colo., earlier this summer. The crystals were...were a sort of coating on several rocks near an old mine. I am very interested in what they are, thought...Colo. The crystals are platy, white calcite. "The mine is located about 3 miles from where you pay the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with vesuvianite, magnetite and calcite. "Th's mine goes back to the 1870's and 80's—and worked off...pounds, have been found in the Copper Queen Copper mine in Bisbee, Cochise Co., Ariz. ARKANSAS—A large,...Crestmore, Riverside Co., Calif. 462 "The ores of the mine are of interest to collectors for their bright colors—a...was reported in 1843 at Williams Ferry in Hall County by Dr. Stevenson while panning for gold. The stone...old Hog Creek corundum mine in Town County. At Piedmont Orchard in Habersham County, beautiful nodules of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALABAMA—Arbacoochee, a tiny town in southern Cleburne County of N / E Alabama, was famous over 100 years ago...of gray granite showing specks of brassyyellow pyrite. A 4'á inch piece of the root with a very slender...miles west of Shoshone, near Bliss, in Gooding County, Idaho. This is on Highway 30. Hope you can identify...Delavan (Tazewell Co.), Illinois."—on label. INDIANA-Pyrite has been mined with coal (bituminous) at Terre...of marcasite (tabular212 spear point), and iron pyrite (tiny cubes), formed on the drusy quartz, galena
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE MINERALOGY OF MOSELLE MINE NO. 10 By RAY I A S M A N I S , 7 0 St. Marks Place, Roslyn Heights, L...L.I., The Moselle Mine No. 10 is found in the Roubidoux formation characterized by ripple marks found...of the mine. Its location is NWS, NEK, Sec. 20, T.36., R.8W., Rolla Quadrangle, Phelps County, Missouri...diminished until only pyrite was mined for the production of sulphur. This pyrite was deposited in a sink...formations of Ordovician age. These minerals were pyrite and marcasite. They occur mixed or crystalline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mining in Alabama in the Cragford district of Clay County, the workings which entered the unoxidized zone...Palmer, Alaska. ARIZONA—From a locality in Mohave County in N . W . Arizona, we have an interesting specimen...glauberite xls mailed you last June from Imperial County near Bertam Siding on the Southern Pacific R.R...ROCKS AND MINERAL chalcopyrite, galena, and iron pyrite. This specimen was found in a road cut. I searched...grayish xls. The locality is in S/W Winneshiek County of N / E Iowa. KANSAS—"In the southeast corner
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are traceablealong strike throughthe two miles of mine opening. The west breccia,the mostcomplex,containsgalena-pyriteand...east-side assemblage of galena,sphalerite,chalcopyrite,pyrite, and severalcobalt-nickelsulfides. A pyritehalocapsand...ratiosof zinc to lead. The brecciais cappedby a pyrite-galenazone. An unbrecciated,satellite ore shoot...brecciacontaingalena and pyrite, and the brecciais cappedby a thick pyrite zone. Breccia tops are vuggy...of 4.5 percentlead and 1 percentzinc, THE Buick mine is a fifty-fifty joint venture of due to the difficultyin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimen sent you recently. It was found in Coosa County, Ala., near Rockford. You have my permission to...Brown Ave., Terre Haute, Ind. I O W A — From Marion County, Iowa, we have an interesting specimen consisting...a road cut on a new construction job in Lincoln County, Me., on Rt. 1, bypassing the towns of Newcastle...that first in each issue. W e belong to the Oxford County Gem and Mineral Association." — item sent in by...Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. Andover is in Essex County in N / E Massachusetts. ROCKS AND MINERALS MICHIGAN
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz. The specimen came from an abandoned mica mine about 6 miles N / E of Ashland, Clay Co., Ala. ALASKA...few spots of whitish quartz. ARIZONA — "The Glove Mine, from where the fine wulfenite crystals have been...coming for years, has shut down as has the Defiance Mine at Gleason. Considerable material is still coming...not so common any more. "The Glove Mine is located in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, near the little town of...south side of the Santa Rita Range. It is a lead mine and there is some silver and gold but not ROCKS
Report (issue)
selected mines : Allman Cove mine, by J. M. Parker III Beasley No. 1 mine, by M. R. Klepper and J. C....No. 2 mine, by M. R. Klepper and E. Wm. Heinrich Big Flint mine, by E. Wm. Heinrich Big Ridge mine, by...Heinrich Bowers mine, by D. M. Larrabee and E. Wm. Heinrich Cox mine, by W. C. Stoll Engle Cope mine, by E. Wm...Heinrich Frady mine, by D. M. Larrabee Iotla-Bradley mine, by D. M. Larrabee Kiser mine, by E. Wm. Heinrich...Heinrich Lyle Knob mine, by J. M. Parker III and W. C. Stoll Moody mine, by J. M. Parker III and W. C.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tumbling material. Lee Payne, Route 1, Willmar, Minnesota. EXCHANGE — Copper arsenates and other rare xld...Paradise, Calif. OPALS, BRILLIANT COLORS-Djrect from mine, 15 for $5.00. 10 ringsize cabochons (opal, amethyst...MINERALS, 919-A Hartsdale Dr., Dallas 1 1 , Texas. LAKE SUPERIOR A G A T E - E l e v e n mens representing...S P E C I M E N S - A u r i c h a l c i t e , Pyrite, col- Something N e w . "Resynite," most colorful...mounted, MINERALS and — Attractively identified, Lyle De Rusha, R. 4, Chippewa boxed, $1.15. Native
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PETRIFACTS AND MINERALS from Oil-schist-mine at Messel near Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany by Dr. Werner...path led us down the terraced sides of the open mine—or quarry if you prefer— until we reached the bottom... beautiful sweerwater lake about 500 feet deep. It was during this—the Eocene—period that the lake was born; a...was a rich fauna and flora, both in and around the lake; usually such inland lakes contain no appreciable...process the deepest layers became solid and the lake grew shallower by leaps and bounds. Ultimately it
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
WIERSMAand J. D. RIMSTIDT:Rates of reaction of pyrite and marcasite with ferric iron at pH 2 85 CATHERINE...acid geochemistry of a 200 m sediment core from Lake 251 Biwa, Japan. Early diagenesis and paleoenvironmental...of suspended and settling particulate matter in Lake Michigan 443 PASCALRICHET and YAN BOTTINGA:Glass...minerals and an application to trona deposition in Lake Magadi (Kenya) 571 B. KWH and A. DISTECHE: preSsureeffect...Hydrogeochemistry of Big Soda Lake, Nevada:An alkaline meromicticdesert lake . . 823 ANDREW L. HERCZEG and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mica, specular hematite, jasper, goethite, massive pyrite. W h a t have you? Lewis Larsen, 161314th Ave....per set. Don H. White, Box 1 8 1 , O t t a w a Lake, Mich. FOSSIL COLLECTIONS-Designed to be used with...LOUIS, 14, MO. OPALS, BRILLIANT COLORS-Direct from mine, 15 for $5.00. 10 ringsize cabochons (opal, amethyst...polished tumbled agate, jasper, etc., postpaid in USA for only $5.00. George W. Owens, 150 III. Dr., Jacksonville...COLLECTION-Miniatures of di optase. Tiger Mine; vanadinite, Old Yuma Mine; enargite crystals, Butte, Mont. $2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SEND THEM I N . ALABAMA—A bed of brassy-yellow pyrite several feet thick extends northeast for several...also present. "Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."—on label. ARKANSAS—In the...of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U.S.) that has been opened up...(west of the city). That would be in Jefferson County."—letter dated—June 31, 1956, from Marie Kennedy...(almost black) matrix; small masses of brassy-yellow pyrite are also present. CONNECTICUT—The following letter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
c per set. Don H. W h i t e , Box 1 8 1 , Ottawa Lake, M i c h . N E W ILLUSTRATED FOSSIL C A T A L O...Brubaker, 5 3 1 8 W . L - 1 2 , Lancaster, Calif. MINNESOTA AGATE — Vz t o 1 inch $ 1 . 3 5 l b . ; 1 to 2...purcella's purple $ 1 . 5 0 l b . ; t u m b l e d Minnesota $ 3 . 5 0 l b . ; t u m bled Montana $ 3 . 5 0...sphalerite, m o h a w k i t e , many others, all sizes. Lyle De Rusha, R. # 1 , Box 3 8 2 , Chippewa Falls, Wise...R A L S — Bauxite, novaculite, wavellite, iron pyrite, manganese, marble, mercury - and beautiful quartz
 
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