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Mica schist from
London and Virginia Mine (Eldridge Mine; Project-15-148), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Mica schist
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mica schist data
Locality Data:Click here to view London and Virginia Mine (Eldridge Mine; Project-15-148), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1042689
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1042689:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Mica schist
35.3km (22.0 miles) ⓘGreenway Hematite Mines (Dewitt), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
38.0km (23.6 miles) ⓘRiverville Cliff Iron Mine (Dover Riverville; Cliff Iron Mine; Mundy; Adams Scott Iron Mine), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
38.5km (23.9 miles) ⓘCanal Tunnel Hematite Magnetite Prospect (Part of Prospecting In Riverville Mines System; Pl; 2 No. 144.; Known As Canal Tunnel; Riverville Hematite Mine Espenshade 1954), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
39.4km (24.5 miles) ⓘRiverville Hematite Mines (Divestone Ridge Hematite Mines), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
39.5km (24.6 miles) ⓘRiverville Hematite Mines (St. James South Hematite Mine), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
46.9km (29.2 miles) ⓘStonewall Manganese Mine, James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Appomattox County, Virginia, USA
51.0km (31.7 miles) ⓘJoshua Creek Manganese Mines, James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
54.4km (33.8 miles) ⓘOxford Iron Mine (Ross), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
54.7km (34.0 miles) ⓘPiedmont Manganese Mine (Myers; Lerner), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
59.6km (37.1 miles) ⓘCarson Mine, Campbell-Pittsylvania Counties Barite, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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