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Pyrite from
Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz223
- var Milky Quartz1
Rhodochrosite131
Fluorite108
Tetrahedrite Subgroup90
Sphalerite63
Hübnerite35
Galena28
Fluorapatite22
Chalcopyrite17
Calcite16
Goyazite6
Enargite4
Bornite4
Svanbergite3
Kutnohorite3
Dickite3
Tennantite Subgroup1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (22 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:9042
Long-form Identifier:1:3:9042:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.1km (0.1 miles) Detroit City Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.2km (1.3 miles) Kite Lake, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Tanner Boy Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) Kentucky Belle Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) Criterion Mine, Alma, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
3.6km (2.3 miles) Buckskin Joe Mine (Buckskin Joe; Phillips Mine), Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
3.8km (2.3 miles) Excelsior Mine, Alma, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) Orphan Mine (Orphan Boy Mine), Alma, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) Russia Mine, Mount Lincoln, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) Colorado Travel Tunnel Occurrence (Pirate; Vault; Gold Key; Banker; Wire Gold), Alicante, Lake County, Colorado, USA
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