| Locality type: | Lode |
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| Species: | Pyrite |
| Formula: | FeS2 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Pyrite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Custer Mountain lode (Snookum mine), Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 211311 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:211311:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | c7768cf3-285b-4245-a20d-6d7cad33ed3d |
| Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite |
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| 2.9km (1.8 miles) | ⓘBull Moose Mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA |
| 5.4km (3.3 miles) | ⓘSilver Dollar Mine, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA |
| 9.1km (5.6 miles) | ⓘRoss Mine, Berne, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA |
| 9.4km (5.8 miles) | ⓘTip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA |
| 9.4km (5.8 miles) | ⓘNovember Mine, The Needles, Custer State Park, Custer County, South Dakota, USA |
| 11.6km (7.2 miles) | ⓘEureka Lode Prospect (Hultz), Custer County, South Dakota, USA |
| 12.1km (7.5 miles) | ⓘKirka Claim (Downing Claim), Unorganized mining district [1], Custer County, South Dakota, USA |
| 14.7km (9.1 miles) | ⓘGreene pegmatite (Red Monster Mine; Pink Monster Mine), Pringle, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA |
| 15.6km (9.7 miles) | ⓘCuyahoga Mine, Unorganized mining district [1], Custer County, South Dakota, USA |
| 17.3km (10.7 miles) | ⓘGold Reserve Mine (Saginaw Mine), Unorganized mining district [1], Custer County, South Dakota, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | [University of Connecticut] at 20:42 14 January 2015 South Dakota is perhaps best known for its pegmatites, which...Hills are responsible for the accessibility of South Dakota’s itbundant and diverse mineral locations...secondary phosphate minerals. Although some pegmatite mining for feldspar still continues (Jacobson 1994). the...except for the Homestake mine, which has operated for more than 120 years, most mining in the area peaked in...and fewer chances to obtain any. However, some mining, mineral exploration, and mineral collecting continues |
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