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Pyrite from
Pandora Mine, La Sal Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Uraninite2 photos of Pyrite associated with Uraninite at this locality.
Tyuyamunite2 photos of Pyrite associated with Tyuyamunite at this locality.
Selenium2 photos of Pyrite associated with Selenium at this locality.
Quartz2 photos of Pyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pandora Mine, La Sal Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1016131
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1016131:9
GUID (UUID V4):2dea5b81-5c2e-4cf4-9ae6-fedbf5dfc063
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
8.5km (5.3 miles) Blue Crystal Mine, Lisbon Valley Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
9.1km (5.6 miles) Radon Mine, Lisbon Valley Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) Firefly–Pigmay Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
11.2km (6.9 miles) Gray Daun Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) Vanadium Queen Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
12.5km (7.8 miles) Lisbon Valley Copper Mine, Lisbon Valley Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) Mi Vida Mine, Lisbon Valley Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) Big Buck Mine (Standard), Casa Colorado Rock, Lisbon Valley Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) Blue Cap Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) Black Hat Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SOLUTION FROM THE PANDORA MINE, LA SAL MINING DISTRICT, SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO, USA Ca(V4þ5V5þ2)O163H2O...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA JOHN M. HUGHES...Vermont 05405, USA BARBARA P. NASH Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City...City, Utah 84112, USA JOE MARTY 5199 East Silver Oak Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA ABSTRACT... minerals from the Pandora mine, La Sal district, San Juan County, Colorado, USA. Pandoraite-Ba and pandoraite-Ca
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
11 October 2014 A Historical Overview of t h e District and the Smuggler Union and Associated Mines and...history have called Leadville the quintessential mining camp of the frontier. If that is true-and it probably...Telluride was the scene of many encounters that the mining frontier had with its own destiny. From its struggle...here, too, the goals of frontier precious-metal mining shifted in midtwentieth century as the quest for...125 years of mining, are still capable of inspiring wonder at the inventiveness of the mining men and road
Report (issue)
Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105,125 South State St. SAN FRANCISCO, California-Customhouse...Replacement Deposits Part II Gold in the Tintic Mining District, Utah By HALT. MORRIS Gold Deposits in the Sneffels-Telluride...Bird Mining Districts, San Juan Mountains, Colorado By FREDERICKS. FISHER Gold in the Alma Mining District...R. SHAWE Precious Metals in the Leadville Mining District, Colorado By TOMMY B. THOMPSON Part I is Chapter...bibliographies. Contents: pt. 1. Bald Mountain gold mining region, northern Black Hills, South Dakota / by
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the 1997 Denver Show c Part 2: The Discovery, Mining History, Geology, and Specimen Mineralogy of Selected...Selected Occurrences in Central Colorado and the San Juans Downloaded by [University of Connecticut]...in Colorado and the mining history and geology/mineralogy of the Front Range mining districts. In part...Gulch. THE CENTRAL COLORADO MINERAL BELT LAKE COUNTY 3,396,000 ounces, 1860-1 990 (Davis and Streufert...7 by 2.5 cm (8.5 ounces), Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County. Harvard Mineralogical Museum specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
house. Photo hy Uycrs, CB.1904. courtcs\ Ouraj County Historical Society. Volume 75, November/December...campaign (Nevins Figure 2. Map of the Telluride district showing the principal veins, adits, and shafts...researches Colorado ‘s geology, mineralogy, and mining history, is part owner of FRS Geotech, Inc., an...historic preservation efforts in the Leadville mining district. Downloaded by [UZH Hauptbibliothek / Zentralbibliothek...convention. Colorado’s silver interestsdomposed of mine, milling, and smelter entrepreneurs; managers, professionals
Report (issue)
Contents PAGE4 PAGE 10 4 The San Juan Triangle of Colorado Ho for the San Juans! by Duane A. Smith, Mark...and covering over 31,000 square kilometers, the San Juans are some of the highest and most rugged mountains...not until the last 25 years of the 1800s that the San Juans began revealing the extent of their mineral...In 1896 world-renowned mining engineer Thomas ''T.A." Rickard called the San Juans one of Colorado's...Colorado's four great mining regions along with Leadville, Cripple Creek, and Central City (Smith, 1996). The Spanish
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Introduction depositsin pipesin the Red Mountain district were minedfor oresvaluedin excess of $10million(Fisher...glomerateamountto about$20 million and could be San Juan Mountains,betweenOuray and Silverton, much greater...Productionfrom theseveins Most samples are from the Idarado mine and were exceeds$300 million (Burbankand Luedke...detailedstudiesunder1448 FLUID INCLUSION way by the Idarado Mining Companyand Frederick S. Fisher, U.S. GeologicalSurvey...Precambrianto midTertiary are exposedin the northwesternSan Juan Mountains (Burbank and Luedke, 1968; Mayor and Fisher
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Downloaded by [University of California, San Diego] at 15:26 22 February 2016 - Featured Mineral at...Denver Show Figure I (above). Pyrite, Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County. Cluster of intergrown crystals...specimen. Figure 2 (right). Pyrite, Mountain Spring mine, Rico, Dolores County. Cluster of modified cubes;...Muntyan specimen. C*O*L*O*R*A*D*O PYRITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral...Mineral photographs by John R. Muntyan PYRITE, IRON SULFIDE, one of Nature’s most common minerals, is
Journal (issue)
Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine .................................................................... 339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..........................quartz, 10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by...6 1 3 - 4 7 3 - 4 3 2 5 ) Fra n k & W e n d y M e la n s o n Fine Minerals from Worldwide Sources Cabinet...significant mineral localities in C o l o r a d o ,by county. In addition, there is a complete listing o f all
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small pyrite crystals, 3 by 3.25 inches; a floater specimen, Cross vein, Idarado mine, Ouray and San Miguel... Howard, Fremont County. C-O-L-O-R-A-O-O CALCITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado...Tennessee; the Viburnum Trend district, southeastern Missouri; the Tri-State district (Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma);...marble (from the Yule quarry at Marble in Gunnison County) that has been used for many of the great monuments...Calcite occurs in significant amounts in many of the mining districts of the Colorado mineral belt. [The Colorado
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Elmwood, Tennessee; the mines of the Tri-State district of Missouri-OklaDownloaded by [University of Nebraska...Barbara L. Muntyan, former director of the Ouray County Museum in Ouray, Colorado, is a frequent contributor...appeared in the July/August I994 issue (“Colorado Pyrite”), September/October 1995 issue (“Colorado Calcite”)...Portland mine, Ouray County 2. Camp Bird mine, Ouray County 3. Idarado mine, San Miguel County 4. Bachelor...Bachelor mine, Creede, Mineral County 5. Bulldog mine, Creede, Mineral County 6. Grizzly Bear mine, Ouray
Book
- [ URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR THE PARADOX BASIN, UTAH AND COLORADO TABLE OF CONTENTS Page THE PARADOX BASIN...AND MINING AREAS SLICK ROCK DISTRICT GYPSUM VALLEY DISTRICT BULL CANYON DISTRICT URAVAN DISTRICT GATEWAY...GATEWAY DISTRICT (EASTERN GATEWAY AREA) MC ELMO CREEK DRAINAGE AREA LA SAL CREEK AREA PARADOX DISTRICT BEAVER...VALLEY (BIG INDIAN) DISTRICT MOAB DISTRICT GREEN RIVER DISTRICT THOMPSONS DISTRICT INTER-RIVER REGION...REGION DRY VALLEY DISTRICT COTTONWOOD AND BUTLER WASH AREAS MONTEZUMA CANYON DISTRICT SEVEN-MILE CANYON
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
0.75 inch on edge, from the Henderson mine, Clear Creek County. Figure 2 (right). Green fluorite encrusted...Mountain Wilderness area near Columbine Lake, La Plata County; largest crystal measures 1.25 inches on edge;...C*O*L*O*R*A*D*O FLUORITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral photographs...locations in Mexico; in Elmwood, Smith County, Tennessee, and in Hardin County, Illinois, in the United States;...Fluorite occurs in significant amounts in many of the mining districts of the Colorado mineral belt. [The Colorado
Book
enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground...MAP button fin! 6 ;rs |1 wets =~, a qh OE rth LA deorsblie ital Se vial i « ‘ » te a “ets tract...oFtne ato aa Gem Ghd nQkTeane Uva a nes ly ia" mine Ui nrobs inesob cere ts ou ioe tok us 'aaieomolitt...exception of the rhodochrosites of the Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, which were loaned for photography...and the Central Mining District, Grant County Burro Mountains Apache No, 2 District Lake Valley Caballo
Book
Gilbert Gautier; Eric Greene, Treasure Mountain Mining; Leonard Himes, Minerals America; Shelley and Dan...uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...statistical "snapshot" of worldwide uranium mining activities and reserves, representing data that are believed...deposit. These methods include underground mining, open-pit mining, in situ leaching (ISL), heap leaching
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Department...University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, U.S.A. 5 5199 E. Silver Oak Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108...(IMA 2019-002) occurring in low-temperature, post-mining, secondary mineral assemblages at the Burro, Packrat...polyoxocation, crystal structure, Packrat mine, Burro mine, West Sunday mine, Colorado Introduction Millions...Deposits in the Uravan Mineral Belt of Colorado and Utah have been a rich source of uranium and vanadium
Report (issue)
George Otis Smith. Director Professional Paper 138 MINING IN COLORADO A HISTORY OF DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT..._____ _ The location, area, and organization of the mining counties of Colorado _________________________..._____________________ _ Alamosa County __________________________ _ Arapahoe County _________________________...Archuleta County _________________________ _ Baca CountY-----------------------------Boulder CountY------...CountY----------------------~----Chaffee County _____________________·______ _ Clear Creek County _______________________
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Volume Fourteen, Number Three Articles Across the San Juan Mountains ........................................157 by C. Albertini Sellaite from the Brumado mine ..................................................ineralogical Research Co., 704 Charcot Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131. Affiliated with the Friends of Mineralogy...Nye Counties), Utah (Beaver, Iron and Washington Counties) and Arizona (Mojave County). This region is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
an in a recent letter he writes: "Bastnaand old mine tunnel located west of Tucson. There were also calcite...much of the barite with cal- tain Pass, Calif. The mine is about 3 miles cite and galena." David P. Record...Mart, 4400 Mission Road, road leads to the mine. The mine consists of one shaft. Some bastnasite has...crystals. It is an attractive speciassaying. This mine will be a potential men. source of cerium metal...March-April, 1950, manganese mine near Glen wood, Pike ROCKS AND MINERALS, p. 123. County, Arkansas. Mr. Young
Report (issue)
................................ 8 1.4.1.2 Acid Mine Drainage .........................................Characteristics of the Ore and Relationship to Acid Mine Drainage .................................................................. 32 2.7.1 Quartzburg District ........................................................................ 32 2.7.2 Grimes Pass District .......................................................................... 32 2.7.3 Gambrinus District .............................................
Report (volume)
Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund Board 1112-G Geology and Mineral Deposits...Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund Board UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...formation________________________________________ San Juan breccia_______________________-_____________-____...Geologic map of some mines along Bear Creek and in La Junta Basin. 21. Geologic maps of some mines on the...Suffolk mine and Staatsburg Basin_-_-__------__------26. Map showing property boundaries and mine workings
Report (volume)
and R. G. Raabe_____.__..___ Claim coverage and mine workings._____________________________ Patented..._-____.____-______-____---Relationship of underground mine workings to the primitive-area boundary_ ______..._ History of ore-treatment plants serving the San Juan region. _ _ _ Local custom milling facilities...Colorado,,Inc_---_-_---__--_------__-----__ Idarado Mining Co______________-___-____-___-__----_. Reserves...Map showing areas of mines and prospects in the San Juan Mountains region and the Uncompahgre primitive
Journal (issue)
Mine~ Vol 17 No. 6 June 2001 Marcasite Inclusions in Calcite from St. Johnsville, New York Paul M. Adams...outcrops from Poland in eastern Onieda County to Fonda in Montgomery County, and laterally equivalent formations...associated minerals. Calcite, doloite, anthraxolite, pyrite, and marcasite are often found in the avities with...Rock Products quarry in St. Johnsville, Montgomery County the quartz crystals tend to be less clear than...this is a --major" show. I saw friends from Tucson, San Francisco. and other places outside of Southern California
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December 2014 Wavellite Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas P hosphate minerals are a traditional...3-cm-tall wavellite from Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas; kevin Brown specimen, Joe Budd photo...Limestone Company quarry, Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The 2.8 × 2.7 × 1.5-cm specimen...Day Township, Saratoga County, New York; another at Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island; and one...one in Carroll County, New Hampshire. Several important wavellite occurrences are in Pennsylvania (Gordon
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... Tenn. California........Mr. William H. Storms, San Francisco. Prof. A. F. Rogers, Stanford University...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
 
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