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Pyrite from
Key West Mine, Whitney Pocket Basin, Bunkerville Mining District, Virgin Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, 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 Key West Mine, Whitney Pocket Basin, Bunkerville Mining District, Virgin Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:215582
Long-form Identifier:1:3:215582:1
GUID (UUID V4):2f3397c6-8a1c-4908-82a1-ccfc3512e2c0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘGreat Eastern mine, Bunkerville Mining District, Virgin Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘSilver Leaf mine (Tri-State Metals mine; Mesquite; Deer Trail; Cabin Canyon), Bunkerville Mining District, Virgin Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
38.1km (23.7 miles) ⓘGold Butte Mine, Gold Butte Mining District, Clark County, Nevada, USA
41.1km (25.5 miles) ⓘWebster mine (Radio Crystal mine; New Era mine), Gold Butte Mining District, Clark County, Nevada, USA
41.2km (25.6 miles) ⓘOle mine (Big Thing tunnel), Gold Butte Mining District, Clark County, Nevada, USA
44.5km (27.7 miles) ⓘAnderson mine, Gold Butte Mining District, Clark County, Nevada, USA
45.4km (28.2 miles) ⓘWinona group, Gold Butte Mining District, Clark County, Nevada, USA
50.8km (31.6 miles) ⓘWindmill mine (Finance group), Gold Butte Mining District, Clark County, Nevada, USA
57.9km (36.0 miles) ⓘSouth Fork Welcome Creek Prospects, Tutsagubet Mining District, Beaver Dam Mountains, Washington County, Utah, USA
58.4km (36.3 miles) ⓘProspects Northwest of Welcome Spring, Tutsagubet Mining District, Beaver Dam Mountains, Washington County, Utah, USA
References
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Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst
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publish a brief preliminary description of this district. Development work has not been very extensive...Plomosa mining district, Yuma County, Ariz., in the southern part of the Dome Rock Mountains, some 8...in an air line is just 28 miles a little north of west of Quartzite, the stage road between the two places...rising abruptly from the deserts. The Dome Rock Mountains have an average elevation of 1,500 feet, being...cinnabar occurs forms the highest branch of the mountains, one of its peaks rising to an elevation of over
Report (volume)
---------------------------------- Lynn Lake district----------------------------------------Thompson-~oak...-----Alexo Nickel mine ____________________________________ - ___ Kenora district ______ ----- _____...___ ------------------------------------U nga va district ______________________________ - _- ---------UI...---------------------------------------Bohemia Basin, 1rakobi Island______________________________ Brady...----------------------------------------Saline CountY--------------------------------------------Cal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...Friends of Mineralogy, and especially the Great Basin Chapter, for their foresight and enthusiasm in initiating...'Ike Paao ama, Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain
Book
f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered
Report (issue)
a = 5.967 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Vermilion mine, Sudbury, Canada. 1.801 (100), 0.777 (90), 1.148...42.8 (2) 43.44 Total 99.68 100.00 (1) Vermilion mine, Sudbury, Canada; by electron microprobe, corresponding...As1.96 . (2) PtAs2 . Mineral Group: Occurrence: Pyrite group. The most widespread platinum mineral, occurring...leadamalgam, chromite, ilmenite, magnetite, gersdorffite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, violarite, millerite, galena, stibnite...mines, Algoma district, near Sudbury, Ontario. In the USA, at the New Rambler Cu–Ni mine, Medicine Bow
Report (volume)
nonferrous-metal districts__----_---__--_--_---_____-___ In pocket II. Map showing mineral deposits tributary to Boulder...ferrous-metal districts___----___-__--_-_----_--_____-__ In pocket III. Map showing mineral deposits tributary to...nonmetalliferous districts_----------___-_-_------__-_-__ In pocket PLATE 1. Geologic map of the Kramer borate area...The "eggshell" beds, West End area, Clark County, Nev.; B, Anniversary mine, West End area_____________________...showing plan of underground workings of Anniversary mine.-.----------------------------- ---106 6. A, Part
Report (issue)
67(1) Z = [1] X-ray Powder Pattern: Rustenburg mine, South Africa. 3.03 (100), 2.22 (90), 2.08 (70)...54.53 Total 101.9 99.4 101.1 100.00 (1) Thierry mine, Canada; by electron microprobe, corresponds to...to Pd1.00 (Te0.96 Bi0.08 )ÎŁ=1.04 . (3) Rustenburg mine, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponds...chalcopyrite, bornite, pentlandite, pyrrhotite, pyrite. Distribution: Some prominent localities include:...Rustenburg platinum mine, in the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld complex; and in the Artonvilla mine, Messina, Transvaal
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70.58 Total [100.0] 98.9 100.00 (1) Rustenburg mine, South Africa; by electron microprobe, recalculated...cooperite; chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, pentlandite, pyrite; chromite, magnetite. Distribution: Some well-studied...South Africa, in Transvaal, from the Rustenburg mine, in the Merensky Reef, Bushveld complex [TL]; and...Iles complex; in the Thierry mine, near Pickle Lake; at the Sudbury district; from the Geordie Lake intrusion...the USA, from the Stillwater complex, Montana; the New Rambler Cu–Ni mine, Medicine Bow Mountains, east
Report (volume)
Director ' Bulletin 648 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT........ Clark County.......................................................'.. Gold Butte mining district............... Lincoln mine........................................ Bennett mine.........................gneiss............................. Gold Butte Mining Co................................. New Era group...prospects...................................... Elko County...............................................
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A GOLD-PLATINUM-PALLADIUM LODE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA. By ADOLPH KNOPF. INTRODUCTION. The discovery of platinum-bearing...platinum-bearing gold ore at the Boss mine, in southern Nevada, was brought to the attention of the Geological...LOCATION. The Boss mine is situated in the Yellow Pine mining district, Clark County, Nov., near the extreme...part of the State. The main settlement of the district is Good Springs, distant 8 miles from Jean, a...range known as Spring Mountain, but the mine is situated on.the west slope, 12 miles from Good Springs, by
Report (issue)
Pd0.28 )Σ=0.88 (Te1.56 Bi0.44 )Σ=2.00 . (2) Impala mine, Transvaal, South Africa; by electron microprobe...Bi0.28 )Σ=2.00 . (3) Stillwater complex, Montana, USA; by electron microprobe, corresponding to Pt0.06...insizwaite, gold, pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, pyrite. Distribution: In Russia, from the Monchegorsk...Tundra, Kola Peninsula [TL]; and at the Oktyabr mine, Noril’sk region, western Siberia. In South Africa...Transvaal. In the USA, at the Stillwater complex, Montana; from the New Rambler Cu–Ni mine, Medicine Bow
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada................................................................................................. West Virginia..........................................vanadium minerals in the high plateau region of the West. The present bulletin, like the earlier work, gives...to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to
Report (issue)
Mineralization of the Gold Basin-Lost Basin Mining Districts, Mohave County, Arizona U.S. GEOLOGICAL...MINERALIZATION OF THE GOLD BASIN-LOST BASIN MINING DISTRICTS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA Placer gold nugget...Lost Basin mining district. Geology and Gold Mineralization of the Gold Basin-Lost Basin Mining Districts...Districts, Mohave County, Arizona By TED G. THEODORE, WILL N. BLAIR, and J. THOMAS NASH With a section...mineralization of the Gold Basin-Lost Basin mining districts, Mohave County, Arizona. (U.S. Geological
Book (volume)
rectangular Great Plains state rises 4,460’ east to west, from 840’ to 5,300’, yet so imperceptibly. The...erosional debris spreading out from the Rocky Mountains as they rose during the Larimide revolution of...sandhills fan out across the west and northwest counties, while the farthest west reaches rise to the high...nodules, fossils, Calcite crystals, Marcasite and Pyrite cubes. The area around the confluence of the Loup...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Element Deposits in the Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada PETER VIKRE,1,† QUENTIN J. BROWNE,2...University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 2 Kodiak Exploration Limited, 1205–700 West Pender Street...94305-2115 Abstract The Goodsprings district, Clark County, Nevada, includes zinc-dominant carbonate replacement...with Late Triassic porphyritic intrusions. The district encompasses ~500 km2 although the distribution...margin of the regional late Paleozoic foreland basin adjoins Proterozoic crystalline rocks of the craton
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to 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 of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal... Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet thick in...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet thick in...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...California, and from Washington’s Pacific Shores to Key West, Florida, and has collected in all but a very...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
Report (volume)
Bulletin, vol. 42. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 37-48; Transactions,...series, vols. 29, 30. New Haven, Conn. American Mining Congress: Papers and Addresses, 13th Annual Session...Technology, vol. 15. Berkeley, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 57, 59. San Francisco, Cal...Transactions, vol. 8, pt. 4. Toronto, Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Quarterly Bulletin, nos. 9-12; Journal...Journal, vol. 12. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 31. Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Carnegie Institution
Journal (issue)
Nugget," collected in 1865 at the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California, by Jules Fricot and donated...tury from now will carry with them a computerized pocket-sized trace element analyzer which will tell in...Harper’s article. John Dysart, Manager of the Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site, sent much additional information...gold. Genne and Robert Allgood (mining geologists for the Sonora Mining Company, right in the Mother Lode...occurrences in Tuolumne County, Peter Bancroft provides a report on a new specimen mining opera­ tion under
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification... An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K 4 I CONTENTS... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Report (volume)
Bulletin, vol. 41. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 25-36; Transactions,...series, vols. 27, 28. New Haven, Conn. American Mining Congress: Papers and Addresses, llth Annual Session;... vol. 2, no. 2. Oakland, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 54-56. San Francisco, Cal...Transactions, vol. 8, pt. 3. Toronto, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 30. Toronto and Montreal, Canada...vol. 12, pp. 95-222. Davenport, Iowa. . Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 4, nos
 
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