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Pyrite from
Orofino Mine (Sinker Tunnel), War Eagle Mine (South Chariot; Orofino; Golden Chariot; Mahogany; Sinker; Ida Elmore), Silver City Mining District (Carson Mining District), Owyhee County, Idaho, 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 Orofino Mine (Sinker Tunnel), War Eagle Mine (South Chariot; Orofino; Golden Chariot; Mahogany; Sinker; Ida Elmore), Silver City Mining District (Carson Mining District), Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1341490
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1341490:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘGreat West Prospect (Chapman; Quaker Group; Orofino Vein), French Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘPoorman Mine (Oso; Belle Peck Tunnels), Silver City Mining District (Carson Mining District), Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘEmpire Veins Mine (Illinois Central; San Juan; Idle Wilde; Liberty; Dernier Resort), French Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘSilver City Mine, Silver City Mining District (Carson Mining District), Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘMetallic Mine (Miller and Walters), Silver City Mining District (Carson Mining District), Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘBlack Jack Mine-Trade Dollar Mine (Blaine; Empire State; Colorado; Alpine; Blaine Extension; Jumbo; South Pluto; Belfast; Black Bart; Fraction; Caroline; Phillip; Sullivan), Silver City Mining District (Carson Mining District), Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘSaw Pit Prospect (Mammoth Mine), Silver City Mining District (Carson Mining District), Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) ⓘBooneville Mine (Idaho; Seventy Nine; Phillips and Sullivan; Treasury; Owyhee; and Humbolt Claims), Silver City Mining District (Carson Mining District), Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘSlacks Mountain Prospects, Silver City Mining District (Carson Mining District), Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘTennessee Mountain Prospects, Silver City Mining District (Carson Mining District), Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
References
Collins, A. (2012) Geology, Geochemistry and Geochronology of the mid-Miocene, Low-Sulfidation Epithermal Gold-Silver Ores on War Eagle Mountain, Silver City District, Idaho. MS thesis Auburn University, Alabama.
 
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