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Pyrite from
Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo 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 Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:684352
Long-form Identifier:1:3:684352:6
GUID (UUID V4):bdee38d5-a661-4056-bdb0-777e668ec346
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.2km (0.8 miles) San Lucas Mine (Perseverance Mine), Cerro Gordo Peak, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
3.0km (1.8 miles) Estelle Mine (Troeger's tunnel), Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
12.5km (7.8 miles) Copper Queen-Lucky Boy Mine (Copper Queen Mine), Summit 2347 meters, Nelson Range, Lee Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
13.5km (8.4 miles) American Flag Mine (Big Silver Mine ?), New York Butte (New York Peak), Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) Santa Rosa Mine (Lee-Santa Rosa Mine; Santa Rosa Mines), Malpais Mesa, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
17.6km (11.0 miles) Gold Standard Mine (Vega Mine), Beveridge, Beveridge Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) Bronco Mine (Barranca Mine; Briton and Port), New York Butte (New York Peak), Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) Bighorn Mine (Joorigan Mine; Barranca Mine; Briton and Porter Mine), Beveridge, Beveridge Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
23.0km (14.3 miles) Monster Mine, Keynot Peak, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
24.1km (15.0 miles) Keynot Mine (Key Not Mine; Golden Princess; Mountain View; War Eagle; Keynot; Keynote Mine; Mallard Duck), Keynot Peak, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
References
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Report (issue)
Geology of the Cerro Gordo Mining District Inyo County, California By C. W. MERRIAM , GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...______ _ Previous geological studies in the Cerro Gordo area ____ _ Present investigation ____ ~ ___..._____________________ _ Igneous rocks of the Cerro Gordo area ________________ _ Intrusive igneous rocks...structure _________________________________ _ Cerro Gordo anticline __________________________ _ Subsidiary...___________________________ _ Faulting in the Cerro Gordo area ________________ _ Normal faults ______
Report (issue)
MINEEAL EESOUKCES OF THE INYO AND WHITE MOUNTAINS, CALIFOENIA. By ADOLPH KNOPF. INTRODUCTION. The first...termed the Inyo Mountains and the northern portion the White Mountains. Since 1860 mining has been in...activity, for it was then that the mines of Cerro Gordo, in the Inyo Mountains, were yielding the great output...notable producer of silverlead ore in the State of California. Gold ores have also been important, and recently...knowledge of the geology and ore deposits of the range has been brought together by Spurr from various
Report (issue)
Paper 110 A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE INYO RANGE -AND THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE .~OUTHERN SIERRA...KNOPF ·WITH A SECTION ON THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE INYO RANGE BY EDWIN KIRK WASHINGTON GOVERNl\IENT PRINTING·...Owens Valley ........................... . The Inyo Range .............. ~ ........ . The Sierra Nevada...................... . Stratigraphy of the Jnyo Range, by Edwin Kirk·.; ................................Page. Geology-Continued. Stratigraphy of the Inyo Range, by Edwin Kirk-Continued. Carboniferous system-Continued
Report (issue)
Minerals of California By ARTHUR S. EAKLE, MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau...Hon Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of the State of California. Sir: I have the honor to transmit Bureau...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this date...Bureau. and Mineralogy of the University of California, with this Eakle has given freely of his time...Minerals Distribution by Counties Bibliography on California Minerals Index to Minerals — 197 204 210 220
Report (volume)
Mineral Resources of the Inyo Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... Mineral Resources of the Inyo Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California By EDWIN H. McKEE, JAMES...Mineral resources of the Inyo Mountains Wilderness study arear Inyo County* California. (U.S. Geological Survey...19.3:1708-A 1. Mines and mineral resources California Inyo Mountains. I. McKee* Edwin H., 1935. II. Series:...of the Inyo Mountains Wilderness Study Area (CDCA-122), California Desert Conservation Area, Inyo County
Report (volume)
Resources of the Southern Inyo Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Resources of the Southern Inyo Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California By JAMES E. CONRAD, JAMES...RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS: SOUTH-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL MODEL...resources of the Southern Inyo Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin...3:1705-6 1. Mines and mineral resources California Southern Inyo Wilderness. I. Conrad, James E. II. Series
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 $3...$3,000,000. The geologic features of the Cerro Gordo district have recently been described by the writer
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
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
Report (issue)
M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN N«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE...Stephens, Governor of the State of California, Sacramento, California Sir: I have the honor to transmit...upon the minerals of California. This bulletin records our knowledge of California minerals to date,
Report (volume)
Valley Group (Permian), Southern lnyo Mountains, California U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1692 I I Stratigraphy...Valley Group (Permian), Southern lnyo Mountains, California By PAUL STONE and CALVIN H. STEVENS U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Valley Group (Permian), southern lnyo Mountains, California. (U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1692) Bibliography...map of region between Owens and Death Valleys, California 2 2. Chart showing comparison of stratigraphic...Geologic map of area northwest of Cerro Gordo mine, Inyo Mountains, California 4 4. Measured stratigraphic
Report (issue)
and Lower Saline Wilderness Study Areas Inyo County, California Chester T. Wrucke, Sherman P. Marsh, Gary...and Lower Saline Wilderness Study Areas Inyo County, California by Chester T. Wrucke, Sherman P. Marsh...and Lower Saline Wilderness Study Areas, Inyo County, California................................ In pocket...Valley and Lower Saline Wilderness Study Areas, California.............. 2. Map showing mines and prospects...(BLM No. CDCA 117A), California Desert Conservation Area, Inyo County, California. SUMMARY The Saline
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
Book
R-m DESERT FEVER f An Overview of Mining in the California Desert Larry M. Vredenburgh Gary L. Shumway...Russell D. Hartill Living West Press Canoga Park, California Copyright c 1981 by Russell D. Hartill, Gary...an overview of mining in cl981, S. F. PUBLIC LIBRARX This publication and related mining and historical...Edition of Desert Fever: An Overview of Mining in the California Desert has been limited to 1,000 copies...Future Imperial County 7 Riverside County 24 San Bernardino County Kern County 181 Inyo County 222 58 269
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite...occurrences including the Cape Rosier mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, where it was found with smithsonite...Jones mine at Garland (King and Foord 1994). It is known in microcrystals from the Mascot mine (Graham...(Graham or Galena King mine), Coos County, and Mineral Hill near Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire. It...Foster iron mine, Putnam County, New York, and in the zinc ores at Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey
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 (article/letter/editorial)
fringe of the Mojave desert in south central California. It would be hard to find an area richer in variety...specimens of galena, pyrite, linarite, calcite, fluorite, and goethite pseudomorph after pyrite were collected...been collected in this area. This is an old mining district, having been continuously active since the...could be spent in this locality to advantage. Cerro Gordo is just a few miles north of Darwin but it is...mines are at an altitude of over 9000 feet in the Inyo Mountains. The road climbs from Keeler at 3,600
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY i^ GHOST L^SRi!^ TOWNS AND frmt? MINING CAMPS OF CALIFORNIA BY REMI...mini ngOOn ade ^5 GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS OF CALIFORNIA \ OTHER BOOKS BY REMI NADEAU City-Makers...Seekers The Ghost Towns Los Angeles: California: of California From Mission The New to Society ... Modern City GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS OF 3^-'Sr, CALIFORNIA BY REMI NADEAU THE WARD RITCHIE...Much S. Langstaff book appeared in the auof California, published by Fortnight Magazine in 1954, and
Report (volume)
Auriferous gravels in the Weaverville quadrangle, California, by J. S. Diller...............................quadrangle, California, by H. G. Ferguson.. Mineral resources of the Inyo and White mountains, California, by.............. Copper deposits of the White Mesa district, Ariz., by J. M. Hill............ Survey publications...the Dome district, Idaho, by J. B. Umpleby.... The Yellow Pine mining district, Clark County, Nev., by.... 407 Salt, borax, and potash in Saline Valley, Inyo Coun*v_ Cal., by H. S. Gale.. 416 Potash tests at
Journal (issue)
ART GA LLERY 74-425 Highway 111 • Palm Desert, California • 92261 HOURS: Weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m...Leadabrand, Field Trips Jerry and Luisa Klink, Baja California M R . Zarubica, Librarian George Aberlich, Illustrator...Robert T. Fisher The Cover: Death Valley's Panamint Range is reflected on the surface of Bad Water, 279.8...will be printed. They are like Pegleg Pete's Lost Mine. They ain't. So thanks for hearing me out. If you...in clay as seen looking out toward the Panamint Range from Zabriskie Point. Photo preceding page is "Death
Report (issue)
31 (3) 2.29 100.00 (1) Wamsley mine, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA. (2) Otjimboyo East, Namibia; remnant...antimony-bearing lead deposits. Association: Galena, pyrite, chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite, jamesonite, bournonite...at Gorno, Val Seriana, Lombardy. In the Bodannon mine and Wheal Boys, St. Endellion, and elsewhere in...Chichibu mine, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. At Machacamaraca, Potosi, Bolivia. From the Ojuela mine, Mapimı́...Durango, Mexico. In the USA, at the Montezuma and other mines, Arabia district, Pershing Co., Nevada;
Report (volume)
............................................ California....................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
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 (article/letter/editorial)
Gem Collection, Splendors of the Mineral World, Mine Gallery, Rocks Above and Below, Plate Tectonics...hands-on model of the diamond crystal structure, a mine tunnel with a re-created “diamond pipe,” and a walk-in...displays await visitors to Leadville’s National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum. Opening Memorial Post’s...Council of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County? Summer outings included field trips to the Hallelujah...(on the California-Nevada border north of Reno), the Himalaya mine (San Diego County, California), the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 07:53 01 January 2015 Bournonite Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China T here are certain...clearly the most prolific being the Yaogangxian mine, Hunan Province. (Additional locality information...intermediate temperatures and is often associated with pyrite, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, stibnite, boulangerite...Hawk mine, Blue Hill, Maine; New York City, New York; an unspecified locality in Chester County, Pennsylvania;...Pennsylvania; the Cofer deposit in the Mineral district of Louisa County, Virginia, where it occurs with tetrahedrite;
 
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