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Marcasite from
Surcease Mine (Bunker Hill Mine; Treasure Hill Mine), Big Bend, Butte County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Comments:Occurs in gold.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Native Gold
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Surcease Mine (Bunker Hill Mine; Treasure Hill Mine), Big Bend, Butte County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:682213
Long-form Identifier:1:3:682213:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
56.7km (35.2 miles) ⓘUncle Sam Mine (Verrue; Keller; Yates; Simpson; North Fork Mine; Wisconsin Extension; Wisconsin Ext), Forest, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
58.9km (36.6 miles) ⓘ16 to 1 Mine (Sixteen-to-One Mine; Original Sixteen-to-One Mine), Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
60.0km (37.3 miles) ⓘRainbow Mine, 16 to 1 Mine (Sixteen-to-One Mine; Original Sixteen-to-One Mine), Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USA
64.4km (40.0 miles) ⓘGrass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
66.0km (41.0 miles) ⓘSpenceville Mine (Spense Mineral; San Francisco Copper Company; Copper claim; Imperial Paint and Copper Co. property), Spenceville, Spenceville Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
71.6km (44.5 miles) ⓘSierra Buttes Mine (Sierra City Mine; Bigelow Mine; Buttes Union Mine; Ariel Independence Mine; Ariel vein; Whiskey vein; Smith vein), Sierra City, Sierra City Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
81.2km (50.5 miles) ⓘEnglish Mountain Mine (Marguerite Consolidated; Marguerite Cons.; Marguerite claim; Helen D. claim), English Mountain, English Mountain Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
92.5km (57.5 miles) ⓘHathaway Mine (Buttes Mine), Ophir, Ophir Mining District (Auburn Mining District; Duncan Hill Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
References
O’Brien, J.C. (1949), Mines and mineral resources of Butte County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 45: 431
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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